Estimation and Confidence Intervals for Two-Stage Sample-Size-Flexible Design with LSW Likelihood Approach

Statistics in Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-190

  Wang, Yining ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Shih, Weichung Joe ^b  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Confidence interval; Interim analysis; Sample size re estimation

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LSW LIKELIHOOD APPROACH; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 78650060381     PISSN: 18671764     EISSN: 18671772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12561-010-9023-0     Document Type: Article

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