A comparative review of methods for comparing means using partially paired data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1323-1340

  Guo, Beibei ^a   Yuan, Ying ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

maximum likelihood; missing data; optimal weight; paired t test; Partially paired; pre post comparison

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STUDENT T TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85020729450     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280215577111     Document Type: Article

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