Download Statistical Monitoring of Clinical Trials: Fundamentals for Investigators

Book Detail
Edition: 2006
Release: 2005-11-16
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0387277811
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Statistical Monitoring of Clinical Trials pdf
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Statistical Monitoring of Clinical Trials: Fundamentals for Investigators introduces the investigator and statistician to monitoring procedures in clinical research. Clearly presenting the necessary background with limited use of mathematics, this book increases the knowledge, experience, and intuition of investigations in the use of these important procedures now required by the many clinical research efforts. The author provides motivated clinical investigators the background, correct use, and interpretation of these monitoring procedures at an elementary statistical level. He defines terms commonly used such as group sequential procedures and stochastic curtailment in non-mathematical language and discusses the commonly used procedures of Pocock, O’Brien–Fleming, and Lan–DeMets. He discusses the notions of conditional power, monitoring for safety and futility, and monitoring multiple endpoints in the study. The use of monitoring clinical trials is introduced in the context of Download Statistical Monitoring of Clinical Trials for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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