Accurate mean comparisons for paired samples with missing data: An application to a smoking-cessation trial

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-295

  Xu, Jin ^a   Harrar, Solomon W ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Finiteness correction; Missing data; Paired sample

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; COMPARISON METHODS; FINITENESS CORRECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MISSING DATA; PAIRED SAMPLE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMOKING CESSATIONS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; TIME POINTS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860208846     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201100053     Document Type: Article

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