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The Effect of Ethical Design Considerations on Statistical Analysis
Author(s) -
Lindley D. V.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2346570
Subject(s) - statistical analysis , statistics , management science , mathematics , engineering
Summary An optimal experimental design may require a patient to be given a treatment which the doctor does not consider best for the patient. In this paper we show how a valid statistical analysis can sometimes be performed even when ethical considerations override those of statistical efficiency. The loss in efficiency is calculated.