Randomized versus historical controls for clinical trials

The Importance of Beta, the Type II Error and Sample Size in the Design and Interpretation of the Randomized Control Trial

Jennie A. Freiman, Thomas C. Chalmers, Harry Smith et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1978 · 1.6K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Experimental Design +16

Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions.

F. N. D., J. L. Fleiss · Biometrics · 1973 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Biostatistics, Demographic Methods +10

METHODS IN CANCER RESEARCH

H. Busch · The American Journal of the Medical Sciences · 1969 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +12

Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions.

A. Fielding, Joseph L. Fleiss · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) · 1974 · 771 citations

Natural Sciences, Biostatistics, Demographic Methods +10

Evidence Favoring the Use of Anticoagulants in the Hospital Phase of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Thomas C. Chalmers, Raymond J. Matta, Harry Smith et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 433 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Pharmacotherapy +10