Multiple Testing in Group Sequential Trials Using Graphical Approaches

Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Maurer, Willi ^a   Bretz, Frank ^a,b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed testing; Familywise error rate; Gatekeeping; Multiple comparisons

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PROBABILITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84889633483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19466315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19466315.2013.807748     Document Type: Article

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