Despite the recent surge in interest in quality of life (QOL) measurement, surprisingly little attention has been paid to QOL in the field of psychopharmacology. Since psychopharmacology is a rapidly developing subject appraising the effect on overall QOL of new drugs is becoming increasingly import
On the use of repeated measures designs in psychopharmacology
โ Scribed by Peter Paul Vitaliano; Patricia Prinz; Michael V. Vitiello; Andrew Olshan; Timothy A. Roehrs
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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โฆ Synopsis
A popular paradigm in psychopharmacology is the repeated measures design. Unfortunately the test of equal means across the repeated trials requires an assumption that is often untenable and which can lead to erroneous interpretations. In order to minimize this bias three approaches have been suggested. The authors discuss the three approaches in the context of a psychopharmacologic example.
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