Research article summary (published 29 Sep 2008):

A stepdown procedure with feedback for identifying inferiority among three treatments.

Full Abstract

This paper considers the problem of identifying which treatments are strictly inferior to the best treatment or treatments in a balanced one-way layout with three treatments, which has important applications in screening trials for new product development. A stepdown procedure is constructed that selects a subset of the treatments containing only treatments that are known to be strictly inferior to the best treatment or treatments. This stepdown procedure uses feedback from the first stage to the second stage that improves its operating characteristics. The advantages accruing from this feedback are demonstrated.

Author information

Author/s: Lin, Chen-Ju (CJ); Hayter, A J (AJ);

Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Yuan Ze University, No. 135 Yuan-Tung Road, Chungli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. chenju.lin(-atsign-)saturn.yzu.edu.tw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Biometrical journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift (Biom J), published in Germany. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Oct; vol 50 (issue 5) : pp 884-96

Dates: Created 2008/10/27; Completed 2008/12/09;

PMID: 18932129, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Biometry - methods Clinical Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data Confidence Intervals

Humans Models, Statistical Probability

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