Confidence regions for bonferroni-based closed tests extended to more general closed tests

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-707

  Guilbaud, Olivier ^a   Karlsson, Par ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Closed tests; Dunnett; Gatekeeping; Simultaneous confidence regions; Step down procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONFERRONI PROCEDURE; CLOSED TESTING PROCEDURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUNNETT PROCEDURE; GATEKEEPING PROCEDURE; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP DOWN PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79957528746     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2011.551331     Document Type: Article

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