Conceptual, design, and statistical complications associated with participant preference

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 628, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-188

  Ainsworth, Hannah R ^a   Torgerson, David J ^b   Kang'ombe, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b York Trials Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Participant preferences; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649247333     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209351524     Document Type: Article

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