Abstract
Clinical Trials. Allocating Patients to Treatments. Measurement of Treatment Difference. The Design of a Sequential Trial Using the Boundaries Approach. The Analysis of a Sequential Trial. Alternative Approaches to the Design and Analysis of Sequential Clinical Trials. Prognostic Factors. The Comparison of More than Two Treatments. Implementation of Sequential Methods: Some Examples. References. Appendix. Index.
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StatisticsComputer scienceMathematicsEconometricsMedicine
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- 1985
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- article
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 389
- Pages
- 244-244
- Citations
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David Harrington,
John Whitehead
(1985).
The Design and Analysis of Sequential Clinical Trials..
Journal of the American Statistical Association
, 80
(389)
, 244-244.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2288093
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- 10.2307/2288093