Statistical primer: Sample size and power calculations-why, when and how?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 4-9

  Hickey, Graeme L ^a   Grant, Stuart W ^b   Dunning, Joel ^c   Siepe, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Hypothesis testing; Power; Sample size; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85055535265     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy169     Document Type: Review

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