Sequential monitoring of conditional randomization tests: Generalized biased coin designs

Sequential Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-253

  Zhang, Yanqiong ^a,c   Rosenberger, William F ^b  

^a Sanofi Aventis ^*  (United States)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^c Global Health Outcomes and Market Access   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional information fraction; Joint asymptotic normality; Linear rank test; Spending functions

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY; CONDITIONAL INFORMATION FRACTION; INTERIM ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION PROCEDURE; RANDOMIZATION TESTS; RANK TEST; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

DESIGN; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 49549103353     PISSN: 07474946     EISSN: 15324176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474940802240969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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