Investigating the relationship between predictability and imbalance in minimisation: A simulation study

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McPherson, Gladys C ^a   Campbell, Marion K ^a   Elbourne, Diana R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation imbalance; Allocation predictability; Minimisation; Randomisation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMIZATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875289694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-86     Document Type: Article

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