Dynamic balancing randomization in controlled clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3729-3741

  Heritier, Stephane ^a   Gebski, Val ^a   Pillai, Avinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biased coin; Dynamic balancing; Loss; Minimization; Randomization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DYNAMIC BALANCING RANDOMIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 30944456697     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2421     Document Type: Article

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