Relative risk estimation in randomized controlled trials: A comparison of methods for independent observations

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yelland, Lisa N ^a   Salter, Amy B ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

binary outcome; log binomial regression; randomized controlled trial; relative risk; simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POWER ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 79951486848     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1278     Document Type: Article

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