Significance testing of a cluster of multivariate binary variables: Comparison of the tripartite T index to three common similarity measures

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-299

  Deutsch, R ^a   Cherner, M ^b   Grant, I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33744797929     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280206sm443oa     Document Type: Article

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