Simulation-based sample-size calculation for designing new clinical trials and diagnostic test accuracy studies to update an existing meta-analysis

Stata Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-473

  Crowther, Michael J ^a   Hinchliffe, Sally R ^a   Donald, Alison ^a   Sutton, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Evidence based medicine; Meta analysis; Metapow; Metapowplot; Metasim; Sample size; St0304

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884367627     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1301300302     Document Type: Article

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