Calculating the probability of random sampling for continuous variables in submitted or published randomised controlled trials

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 848-858

  Carlisle, J B ^a   Dexter, F ^b   Pandit, J J ^c   Shafer, S L ^d   Yentis, S M ^e  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84930838528     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13126     Document Type: Article

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