A Bayesian cost-benefit approach to sample size determination and evaluation in clinical trials

<p>Current practice for sample size computations in clinical trials is largely based on frequentist or classical methods. These methods have the drawback of requiring a point estimate of the variance of treatment effect and are based on arbitrary settings of type I and II errors. They also do...

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Autore principale: Kikuchi, T
Altri autori: Gittins, J
Natura: Tesi
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2011
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