Interval estimation and optimal design for the within-subject coefficient of variation for continuous and binary variables

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shoukri, Mohamed M ^a,b   Elkum, Nasser ^a   Walter, Stephen D ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; ALGORITHM; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33745320133     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-24     Document Type: Article

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