A combined score test for binary and ordinal endpoints from clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-532

  Whitehead, John ^a   Branson, Michael ^a,b   Toddc, Susan ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary responses; Generalized estimating equations; Global tests; Ordered categorical responses; Score statistics; Stroke trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; RANKIN SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STROKE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE;

EID: 76749116562     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3822     Document Type: Article

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