Enhancing the validity and utility of randomized clinical trials in addictions treatment research: III. Data processing and statistical analysis

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1356-1364

  Del Boca, Frances K ^a   Darkes, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions treatment; Controlled clinical trials; Data processing; Randomized clinical trials; RCTs; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547838973     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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