title: A multiple comparison procedure for three- and four-armed controlled clinical trials.
abstract: Multi-armed controlled trials are becoming increasingly popular. With them comes the issue of how to deal with the possibility of multiple Type I errors. This paper recommends a simple and appealing method for three- and four-armed trials in which one is a control. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain in the United States.
mesh_terms: D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000178:diet therapy*; D015233:Models, Statistical