A local influence sensitivity analysis for incomplete longitudinal depression data

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-384

  Shen, Shuyi ^a   Beunckens, Caroline ^b   Mallinckrodt, Craig ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Incomplete clinical trial data; Local influence; Selection models; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646235896     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600609510     Document Type: Article

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