Some Restricted randomization rules in sequential designs
Titel:
Some Restricted randomization rules in sequential designs
Auteur:
Soares, Jose F. Wu, C.F. Jeff
Verschenen in:
Communications in statistics
Paginering:
Jaargang 12 (1983) nr. 17 pagina's 2017-2034
Jaar:
1983
Inhoud:
This paper presents a new class of designs (Big Stick Designs) for sequentially assigning experimental units to treatments, when only the time covariate is considered. By prescribing the degree of imbalance which the experimenters can tolerate, complete randomization is used as long as the imbalance of the treatment allocation does not exceed the prescribed value. Once it reaches the value, a deterministic assignment is made to lower the imbalance. Such designs can be easily implemented with no programming and little personnel support. They compare favorably with the Biased Coin Designs, the Permuted Black Designs, and the Urn Designs, as far as the accidental bias and selection bias are concerned. Generalizations of these designs are considered to achieve various purposes, e.g., avoidance of deterministic assignments, early balance, etc.
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