An introduction to evidential sample size calculations

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-212

  Strug, Lisa J ^a   Rohde, Charles A ^b   Corey, Paul N ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error probability; Likelihood paradigm; Linear regression; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548593156     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X222488     Document Type: Article

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