Use of methods for specifying the target difference in randomised controlled trial sample size calculations: Two surveys of trialists' practice

Clinical Trials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 300-308

  Cook, Jonathan A ^a,b   Hislop, Jennifer M ^c   Altman, Doug G ^b   Briggs, Andrew H ^d   Fayers, Peter M ^e,f   Norrie, John D ^a   Ramsay, Craig R ^a   Harvey, Ian M ^g   Vale, Luke D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901265028     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774514521907     Document Type: Article

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