A generalized concept of power helped to choose optimal endpoints in clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Borm, George F ^a   van der Wilt, Gert J ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Composite endpoints; Confidence interval; Power; Sample size; Statistical design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; POWER ANALYSIS; POWER OF A TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33847396615     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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