Using randomization tests to preserve type I error with response adaptive and covariate adaptive randomization

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 767-772

  Simon, Richard ^a   Simon, Noah Robin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive stratification; Clinical trials; Response adaptive randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955150984     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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