Do not test for baseline imbalances unless they are known to be present?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-

  Berger, Vance W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 63949083437     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9452-8     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. PM Fayers M King 2008 A highly significant difference in baseline characteristics: The play of chance or evidence of a more selective game? Quality of Life Research 17 1121 1123 10.1007/s11136-008-9390-x
2. Berger, V. W. (2005). Selection bias and covariate imbalances in randomized clinical trials. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.