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A New Interim Monitoring Statistic for Group Sequential Clinical Trials

Barry K. Moser Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Joshua M. Tebbs Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Department of Statistics, 108C Dickens Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 153-164 | Published online: 16 Aug 2006

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