Non-inferiority of new procedure to standard procedure in stratified matched-pair design

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 966-977

  Nam, Jun Mo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood score method; Non inferiority test; Restricted maximum likelihood estimators; Sample size determinations; Stratified matched pair study

Indexed keywords

LIKELIHOOD SCORE; LIKELIHOOD SCORE METHOD; NON-INFERIORITY; NON-INFERIORITY TEST; POWER; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION; SCORE TEST; STRATIFIED MATCHED-PAIR STUDY; WALD TEST;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 33846211378     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200510283     Document Type: Article

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