Methods Inf Med 1969; 08(01): 41-46
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635961
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Sequential Analysis of Variance for Medical Trials

Sequentielle Sarianzanalyse fur Klinische Versuche
R. D. H. Jones
1   From the Department of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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K. Hinkelmann
1   From the Department of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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09 February 2018 (online)

The analysis of variance is one of the most widely used tools for analyzing quantitative data. It is shown here how this technique can be applied sequentially. Different sampling and test procedures are described in terms of a simple example. An attempt is made to show how these methods can be used in analyzing medical trials where the observations become available sequentially over a period of time. It is argued that sequential analysis is also applicable and practical for experiments that are performed only once, if only one would specify »properly« the hypotheses to be tested.

Die Varianzanalyse wird häufig für die Auswertung quantitativer Daten verwendet. Es wird hier gezeigt, wie diese Methode sequentiell benutzt werden kann. Verschiedene Erhebungs- und Testverfahren werden an Hand eines einfachen Beispiels beschrieben. Es wird versucht zu zeigen, wie diese Methoden zur Auswertung medizinischer Untersuchungsreihen eingesetzt werden können, wenn die Meßwerte im Laufe der Zeit nach und nach anfallen. Es wird argumentiert, daß ein Sequential- verfahren auch dann anwendbar und praktisch ist, wenn die Untersuchungsreihe nur einmal durchgeführt wird, sofern man nur die zu testenden Hypothesen »geeignet« formuliert.

 
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