Shift in re-randomization distribution with conditional randomization test

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-91

  Kuznetsova, Olga M ^a   Tymofyeyev, Yevgen ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Quantitative Decision Strategies Department   (United States)

Author keywords

biased coin; conditional randomization test; multicenter trial; re randomization test; shift in randomization distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875003029     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.1556     Document Type: Article

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