Dealing with noncompliance and missing outcomes in a randomized trial using Bayesian technology: Prevention of perinatal sepsis clinical trial, Soweto, South Africa

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-350

  Rubin, Donald B ^a   Zell, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; GBS; Missing data; Noncompliance; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950918048     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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