Title
Statistical approaches for analyzing a continuous outcome in experimental studies
Other title
Métodos Estadísticos para Análizar un Resultado Continuo en Estudios Experimentales
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sanhueza A.
Manterola C.
Araneda N.
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Publisher(s)
Universidad de la Frontera
Abstract
In experimental studies the outcome variable is measured at initial time, usually called "baseline", and then in several times called "follow-up" measurement(s). The study question of interest in an experimental study is whether there is a significant difference effect between treatment and comparison group, after intervention. In addition, one wants to estimate the difference effect between groups. This paper studies some of the strategies, including a simulation process, that one can be used for analyzing data coming from an experimental study as above, and considers using or not using the baseline measurements. Three parametric and two non-parametric strategies are evaluated considering only one follow-up measurement. The baseline measurement is incorporated in context in these strategies.
Start page
339
End page
350
Volume
32
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Estadísticas, Probabilidad Ciencias de la salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84900839933
Source
International Journal of Morphology
ISSN of the container
07179367
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus