Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to selection bias
  • Accrual character of clinical trials
  • Restricted randomization procedures
  • Blinding, masking of past treatment assignments
  • Impact of 3rd order selection bias on clinical trial results
  • Mathematical model to detect and adjust for 3rd order selection bias
  • Restricted random walk
  • Maximum likelihood estimators and their properties
  • Consistency and asymptotic normality
  • Likelihood ratio test