Interim analyses of data as they accumulate in laboratory experimentation

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Ludbrook, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTATION; REVIEW; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042526359     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-3-15     Document Type: Review

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