I'm writing up some details on alternatives to randomization for my web pages, and I'd like to find a published example of minimization or adaptive randomization. This is an approach where the degree of covariate imbalance is assessed every time a new subject is recruited. The subject is then assigned to the group that would make the greatest reduction in covariate imbalance.
I have lots of papers on the methodology, advantages/disadvantages and so forth, but I cannot find an example of a real medical study where this approach was used. Does anyone know of a good example? Articles with the full text on the web would be preferred, but I'll take anything that has appeared in the peer-reviewed literature. Thanks for any help you can provide. Steve Simon, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Standard Disclaimer. The STATS web page has moved to http://www.childrens-mercy.org/stats. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
