Sample size estimation for the van Elteren test - A stratified Wilcoxon - Mann - Whitney test

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2675-2687

  Zhao, Yan D ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non parametrics; Sample size estimation; Stratified test; van Elteren test; Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PROBABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THIOPHENES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 33746124918     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2441     Document Type: Article

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