Variable selection for covariate-adjusted semiparametric inference in randomized clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 3789-3804

  Yuan, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Hao Helen ^a   Davidian, Marie ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariate adjustment; False selection rate control; Oracle property; Semiparametric treatment effect estimation; Shrinkage methods; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COVARIATE ADJUSTED SEMIPARAMETRIC INFERENCE; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETRIC TEST; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE (STATISTICS); STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84870059607     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5433     Document Type: Article

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