Influence of selection bias on the test decision: A simulation study

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-143

  Tamm, M ^a   Cramer, E ^a   Kennes, L N ^a   Heussen, N ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation concealment; Masking; Permuted block randomization; Randomized clinical trials; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84858741100     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME11-01-0043     Document Type: Article

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