Clinical trials do not use random samples anymore

Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Cleophas, Ton J ^a,b   Van Ouwerkerk, Bas ^b  

^a European College of Pharmaceutical Medicine   (France)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Chi square Goodness of Fit Test; Clinical Trials; Kolmogorov Smirnov Goodness of Fit Test; Logarithmic Transformation; Percentile Method for Deriving Confidence Intervals; Randomness; Rank testing; Statistical Frequency Distributions

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33745099640     PISSN: 10601333     EISSN: 15322521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10601330600718947     Document Type: Review

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