Sample size determination for matched-pair equivalence trials using rate ratio

Biostatistics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-631

  Tang, Nian Sheng ^a   Tang, Man Lai ^b   Wang, Shun Fang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constrained maximum likelihood estimation method; Equivalence study; Sample size formula; Score test statistic

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PENICILLINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34648837387     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxl034     Document Type: Article

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