Simple procedures for blinded sample size adjustment that do not affect the type I error rate.

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Published in Stat Med on December 15, 2003

Authors

Meinhard Kieser1, Tim Friede

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biometry, Dr Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceuticals, Willmar-Schwabe-Str 4, D-76227 Karlsruhe, Germany. meinhard.kieser@schwabe.de

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