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The Analysis of Efficacy Data

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Typical efficacy endpoints have their associated statistical techniques. For example, values of continuous measurements (e.g., blood pressures) require the following statistical techniques:

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Cleophas, T.J., Zwinderman, A.H. (2012). The Analysis of Efficacy Data. In: Statistics Applied to Clinical Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2863-9_2

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