Treatment Choice With Trial Data: Statistical Decision Theory Should Supplant Hypothesis Testing

DOI10.1080/00031305.2018.1513377OpenAlexW2923111633MaRDI QIDQ5868267

Charles F. Manski

Publication date: 20 September 2022

Published in: The American Statistician (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2018.1513377

zbMATH Keywords

minimax regretrandomized clinical trialsanalysis of treatment responsemedical decisions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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