Choosing the target difference (‘effect size’) for a randomised controlled trial - DELTA(2) guidance protocol

BACKGROUND: A key step in the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) is the estimation of the number of participants needed. By far the most common approach is to specify a target difference and then estimate the corresponding sample size; this sample size is chosen to provide reassurance tha...

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Published in:Trials
Main Authors: Cook, Jonathan A., Julious, Steven A., Sones, William, Rothwell, Joanne C., Ramsay, Craig R., Hampson, Lisa V., Emsley, Richard, Walters, Stephen J., Hewitt, Catherine, Bland, Martin, Fergusson, Dean A., Berlin, Jesse A., Altman, Doug, Vale, Luke D.
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Study Protocol
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469157/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28606102
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1969-5
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