A ratio-to-control Williams-type test for trend

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-292

  Hothorn, Ludwig A ^a,b   Djira, Gemechis D ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Scripps Genomic Medicine   (United States)

^c South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

multiple comparison; ratio to control; Williams trend test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; IMMUNOTOXICITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VARIANCE; WILLIAMS TEST;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ISONIAZID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 79960819674     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.464     Document Type: Article

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