Sample size calculation for paired survival data: A simulation method

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Jung, Sin Ho ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Correlation coefficient; Log rank test; Wilcoxon test

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349104233     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10629360600864951     Document Type: Article

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