Preface |
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0 Introduction: Stories and Data |
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1 | (14) |
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1 | (2) |
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0.2 Two-Treatment Trials with a Binary Response |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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0.6 Some Motivating Clinical Trials |
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5 | (10) |
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6 | (1) |
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0.6.2 Michigan ECMO Trial |
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7 | (1) |
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0.6.3 Fluoxetine Trial and Data |
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8 | (1) |
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0.6.4 Crystalloid Preload Trial |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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0.6.8 Erosive Esophagitis Trial |
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13 | (1) |
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0.6.9 Appendiceal Mass Trial |
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14 | (1) |
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1 Adaptive Design: Controversies and Progress |
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15 | (12) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (5) |
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1.2.1 Forcing a Prefixed Allocation: FPA Rule |
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16 | (3) |
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1.2.2 Further Considerations: Alternatives to the FPA Rule |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (4) |
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2 Randomised Balanced Sequential Treatment Allocation |
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27 | (38) |
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27 | (1) |
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2.2 Balance with Two Treatments |
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28 | (14) |
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2.2.1 Balance and Randomisation |
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28 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Four Design Strategies |
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29 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Properties of Designs |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Numerical Comparisons of Designs |
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35 | (7) |
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2.3 Designs with Three or More Treatments |
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42 | (5) |
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2.3.1 Four Design Strategies |
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42 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Properties of Designs |
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43 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Numerical Comparisons of Designs |
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45 | (2) |
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2.4 Designs with Covariates |
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47 | (6) |
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47 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Four Further Design Strategies |
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48 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Minimisation and Covariate Balance: Numerical |
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50 | (3) |
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2.5 The Distribution of Loss and of Bias |
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53 | (5) |
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2.6 Heteroscedastic Models |
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58 | (2) |
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2.6.1 Variances and Parameter Estimates |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6.2 Designs with Covariates |
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59 | (1) |
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2.7 More about Biased-Coin Designs |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (2) |
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3 Response-Adaptive Designs for Binary Responses |
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65 | (52) |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (8) |
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66 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Statistical Interpretation of the PW Rule |
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67 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Performance of the PW Rule |
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68 | (3) |
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3.3.4 Real Life Applications of the PW Rule |
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71 | (1) |
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3.3.5 Further Points about the PW Rule |
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72 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Should We Play the Winner? |
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72 | (1) |
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3.3.7 Cyclic Play-the-Winner Rule |
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73 | (1) |
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3.4 Randomised Play-the-Winner Rule |
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74 | (8) |
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74 | (1) |
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3.4.2 What Is a Randomised Play-the-Winner Rule? |
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74 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Real-Life Applications |
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75 | (1) |
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3.4.4 Statistical Considerations |
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76 | (3) |
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3.4.5 A General Form of RPW Rule |
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79 | (2) |
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3.4.6 Inference Following RPW Allocation |
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81 | (1) |
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3.5 Generalised Polya Urn |
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82 | (4) |
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82 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Statistical Analysis of GPU |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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3.6 Success-Driven Design (SDD) |
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86 | (2) |
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3.7 Failure-Driven Design (FDD) |
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88 | (2) |
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3.8 Birth and Death Urn (BDU) |
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90 | (1) |
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3.9 Birth and Death Urn with Immigration |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (3) |
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91 | (1) |
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3.10.2 Description of the Drop-the-Loser (DL) Rule |
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91 | (3) |
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3.11 Odds Ratio-Based Adaptive Designs |
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94 | (10) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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3.11.4 More than Two Treatments |
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99 | (5) |
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3.12 Delayed Response from the RPW Rule |
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104 | (4) |
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3.12.1 How to Incorporate Delayed Responses |
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104 | (1) |
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3.12.2 Nonrandom Denominator |
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105 | (2) |
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3.12.3 A Note on the Delayed Response Indicator Variable |
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107 | (1) |
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3.13 Prognostic Factors in Urn Designs |
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108 | (4) |
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3.13.1 RPW with Prognostic Factors |
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108 | (3) |
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3.13.2 Drop-the-Loser with Covariates |
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111 | (1) |
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3.14 Targeting an Allocation Proportion |
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112 | (3) |
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3.14.1 Doubly Adaptive Biased-Coin Designs |
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112 | (1) |
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3.14.2 Sequential Estimation-Adjusted Urn Design (SEU) |
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113 | (1) |
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3.14.3 Efficient Randomised Adaptive Design (ERADE) |
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114 | (1) |
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3.15 Adaptive Designs for Categorical Responses |
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115 | (1) |
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3.16 Comparisons and Recommendations |
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115 | (2) |
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4 Response-Adaptive Designs for Continuous Responses |
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117 | (24) |
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117 | (1) |
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4.2 Some Trials with Continuous Responses |
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117 | (1) |
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4.3 Doubly Adaptive Biased-Coin Designs (DBCD) |
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118 | (1) |
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4.4 Nonparametric Designs |
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118 | (3) |
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4.4.1 Treatment Effect Mapping |
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118 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Adaptive Design (WAD) |
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119 | (2) |
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4.5 Adaptive Designs for Survival Data |
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121 | (2) |
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4.6 Link Function-Based Adaptive Design (BB) |
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123 | (13) |
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123 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Another Interpretation of the Link Function |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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4.6.4 Numerical Illustrations |
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125 | (1) |
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4.6.5 Choice of Design Parameters |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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4.6.8 Using the Prognostic Factors of the Current Patient |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (1) |
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4.7 Multi-Treatment Multivariate Design |
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136 | (4) |
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4.8 DL Rule for Continuous Responses (CDL) |
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140 | (1) |
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5 Response-Adaptive Designs for Longitudinal Responses |
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141 | (18) |
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141 | (1) |
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5.2 Binary Longitudinal Responses (SLPW) |
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142 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Conditional Probabilities |
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143 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Limiting Allocation Proportion |
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144 | (2) |
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5.2.4 Inference: Further Reading |
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146 | (1) |
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5.3 Design and Analysis for the PEMF Data |
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146 | (5) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Allocation Probabilities and Proportions |
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147 | (3) |
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5.3.4 PEMF Trial: Results |
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150 | (1) |
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5.4 Longitudinal Categorical Responses |
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151 | (1) |
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5.5 Longitudinal Multivariate Ordinal Responses |
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152 | (1) |
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5.6 Models with Covariates |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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5.7 Continuous Longitudinal Responses |
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153 | (1) |
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5.8 Random Number of Responses |
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154 | (1) |
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5.9 Numerical Illustrations |
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154 | (5) |
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5.9.1 Longitudinal Binary Responses |
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154 | (1) |
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5.9.2 Longitudinal Continuous Responses |
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155 | (4) |
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6 Optimum Biased-Coin Designs with Covariates |
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159 | (50) |
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160 | (4) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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6.1.3 Sequential Construction of D-Optimum Designs |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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6.1.5 Treatment Contrasts and Differences |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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6.2 Biased-Coin DA-Optimum Designs |
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164 | (6) |
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164 | (2) |
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6.2.2 A Bayesian Biased-Coin |
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166 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Nine Allocation Rules |
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168 | (2) |
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6.3 Numerical Comparisons for Two Treatments |
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170 | (7) |
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6.3.1 Five Nuisance Parameters; q = 5 |
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170 | (5) |
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6.3.2 Ten Nuisance Parameters; q = 10 |
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175 | (2) |
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6.4 Designs for Three Treatments |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (6) |
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178 | (1) |
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6.5.2 A Chi-Squared Approximation |
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179 | (2) |
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6.5.3 Five Nuisance Parameters |
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181 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Ten Nuisance Parameters |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (3) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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6.6.3 Skewed Allocation Rules |
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185 | (1) |
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6.6.4 Skewed Bayesian Biased-Coin Designs |
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186 | (1) |
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6.7 Skewed Allocation -- Numerical |
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187 | (5) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (2) |
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6.8 Heteroscedastic Normal Models |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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6.8.2 Variances and Efficiencies |
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192 | (1) |
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6.9 Allocation Rules for Heteroscedastic Models |
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193 | (5) |
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6.9.1 Ordering and Skewing |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (3) |
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6.10 Generalised Linear Models |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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6.12 Allocation Rules for Binomial Models |
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201 | (3) |
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6.12.1 Ordering and Skewing |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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6.14 Loss, Power, Variability |
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205 | (3) |
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6.15 Further Reading: Skewed Designs |
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208 | (1) |
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7 Optimum Response-Adaptive Designs with Covariates |
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209 | (32) |
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209 | (1) |
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7.2 Link Function-Based Adaptive Design |
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210 | (18) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Regularisation and Average Properties |
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212 | (5) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (3) |
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7.2.6 Two-Treatment Adaptive Designs |
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222 | (2) |
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7.2.7 Adaptive Design for Three Treatments |
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224 | (4) |
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7.3 Adaptive Designs Maximising Utility |
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228 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Designs That Target Allocation Proportions |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Gain and Allocation Probabilities: Rule G |
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230 | (1) |
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7.3.4 An Operational Rule |
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231 | (1) |
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7.3.5 Asymptotic Properties |
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231 | (1) |
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7.4 Power Comparisons for Four Rules |
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232 | (5) |
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7.5 Redesigning a Trial: Fluoxetine Hydrochloride |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (2) |
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8 Optimal Response-Adaptive Designs with Constraints |
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241 | (28) |
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8.1 Optimal Designs Subject to Constraints |
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241 | (1) |
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8.2 Design of Jennison and Turnbull |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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8.4 Maximising Power: Neyman Allocation |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (6) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (3) |
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8.8 A General Framework: BBZ Design |
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255 | (1) |
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8.9 Two Normal Populations with Unknown Variances |
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255 | (2) |
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8.10 Two-Sample Nonparametric Design |
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257 | (1) |
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8.11 BM Design for More than Two Treatments |
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258 | (4) |
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258 | (2) |
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8.11.2 Continuous Responses |
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260 | (2) |
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8.12 Optimal Designs with More than One Constraint |
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262 | (2) |
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8.13 Designs for Survival Times |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (1) |
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8.16 Adaptive Constraints |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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9 Adaptive Design: Further Important Issues |
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269 | (22) |
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9.1 Bayesian Adaptive Designs |
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269 | (5) |
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269 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Simple Bayesian Adaptive Designs: Illustrations |
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270 | (2) |
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9.1.3 Real-Life Bayesian Adaptive Designs |
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272 | (2) |
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9.1.4 Bayesian Adaptive Design for Continuous Responses |
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274 | (1) |
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9.2 Two-Stage Adaptive Design |
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274 | (2) |
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9.3 Group Sequential Adaptive Design |
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276 | (5) |
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9.3.1 Logistics and Literature |
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276 | (1) |
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9.3.2 A Two-Treatment Design for Continuous Responses |
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277 | (1) |
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9.3.3 A Three-Treatment Design for Binary Responses |
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278 | (3) |
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9.4 Optimal Design for Binary Longitudinal Responses |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (2) |
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9.6 Robustness in Adaptive Designs |
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284 | (1) |
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9.7 Missing Data in Response-Adaptive Designs |
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285 | (3) |
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9.8 Asymptotic Results for CARA Designs |
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288 | (2) |
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9.9 How to Bridge Theory and Practice |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (8) |
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A.1 Optimum Experimental Design |
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291 | (4) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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A.1.3 The Sequential Construction of D-Optimum Designs |
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292 | (1) |
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A.1.4 Treatment Contrasts and Differences |
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292 | (2) |
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A.1.5 Continuous and Exact Designs |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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A.2 A Skewed Bayesian Biased Coin |
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295 | (2) |
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A.3 Asymptotic Properties |
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297 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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