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Using Bayesian statistics to estimate the likelihood a new trial will demonstrate the efficacy of a new treatment

BACKGROUND: The common frequentist approach is limited in providing investigators with appropriate measures for conducting a new trial. To answer such important questions and one has to look at Bayesian statistics. METHODS: As a worked example, we conducted a Bayesian cumulative meta-analysis to sum...

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Autores principales: Biau, David J., Boulezaz, Samuel, Casabianca, Laurent, Hamadouche, Moussa, Anract, Philippe, Chevret, Sylvie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0401-x