Randomization with a posteriori constraints: Description and properties

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 5033-5045

  Gicquel, Stéphanie ^a   Marion Gallois, Roland ^b  

^a Effi Stat   (France)

^b Statelis   (France)

Author keywords

Minimization; Randomization; Randomization with constraints; Selection bias; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING ERROR; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 35948976582     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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