Application of Bayesian statistics to decision making during a clinical trial.

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Published in Stat Med on January 15, 1992

Authors

L S Freedman1, D J Spiegelhalter

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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