## Abstract In this article, we introduce a new information system evaluation method and report on its application to a collaborative information seeking system, AntWorld. The key innovation of the new method is to use precisely the same group of users who work with the system as judges, a system w
A MODEL FOR CROSS-OVER TRIALS EVALUATING THERAPEUTIC PREFERENCES
โ Scribed by J. K. LINDSEY; B. JONES
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-6715
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โฆ Synopsis
A preference trial is a special form of cross-over trial where clinical conditions determine when patients change treatment, in a prescribed order. This can be modelled using a geometric distribution. The model can be simply fitted using standard logistic regression methodology. The procedure is applied to a trial studying the effects of bronchodilators in the treatment of chronic asthma.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A mixed effects model is developed for cross-over trials in which the response is measured repeatedly within each time period. Relative to previous work on repeated measures cross-overs, the methodology synthesizes two important features. First, our procedure eliminates preliminary testing for carry