Stratified and randomized play-the-winner rule

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-593

  Liang, Yuanyuan ^a   Carriere, Kimmie Chough ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 70; ENOXAPARIN; FLUOXETINE; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENDER; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATIENT CODING; PROBABILITY; REM SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED AND RANDOMIZED PLAY THE WINNER RULE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58749114233     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280207081606     Document Type: Article

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