Beta-mapping and beta-regression for changes of ordinal-rating measurements on Likert scales: A comparison of the change scores among multiple treatment groups

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2486-2500

  Zou, Kelly H ^a   Carlsson, Martin O ^a   Quinn, Sheila A ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Change score; Generalized linear mixed model; Likert scale; Patient reported outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA REGRESSION ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIKERT SCALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 77958516054     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4012     Document Type: Article

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