Testing for efficacy in primary and secondary endpoints by partitioning decision paths

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 488, 2009, Pages 1661-1670

  Liu, Yi ^a   Hsu, Jason ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed testing; Decision paths; Multiple endpoints; Partition testing; Primary endpoint; Secondary endpoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049117475     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.tm08538     Document Type: Article

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