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SUBMITTER: Zhang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2574960 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Min M Tsiatis Anastasios A AA Davidian Marie M
Biometrics 20080111 3
The primary goal of a randomized clinical trial is to make comparisons among two or more treatments. For example, in a two-arm trial with continuous response, the focus may be on the difference in treatment means; with more than two treatments, the comparison may be based on pairwise differences. With binary outcomes, pairwise odds ratios or log odds ratios may be used. In general, comparisons may be based on meaningful parameters in a relevant statistical model. Standard analyses for estimation ...[more]