Simultaneous confidence regions corresponding to Holm's step-down procedure and other closed-testing procedures

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-692

  Guilbaud, Olivier ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha exhaustive test; Clinical study; Closed testing procedure; Consonance; Equivalence; Gatekeeping; Holm procedure; Non inferiority; Superiority

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-EXHAUSTIVE TEST; CLINICAL STUDY; CLOSED TESTING PROCEDURE; CONSONANCE; EQUIVALENCE; EXHAUSTIVE TESTS; GATEKEEPING; HOLM PROCEDURE; NON-INFERIORITY; SUPERIORITY;

STATISTICS;

EID: 54549107976     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710449     Document Type: Article

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