Unbiased estimation of secondary parameters following a sequential test

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 895-900

  Liu, Aiyi ^a,b   Hall, W J ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Clinical trial; Truncation adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843088181     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.3.895     Document Type: Article

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