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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCRT-102, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2016/102
Research Article
A Note on Exact Tests and Confidence Intervals for Two-by-Two Contingency Tables in Randomized Trials

Yasutaka Chiba

Clinical Research Center, Kinki University Hospital, 377-2, Ohno-higashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
Dr. Yasutaka Chiba, Clinical Research Center, Kinki University Hospital, 377-2, Ohno-higashi, Osakasayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan; E-mail: chibay@med.kindai.ac.jp
22 October 2015; 31 December 2015; 03 January 2016
Chiba Y (2016) A Note on Exact Tests and Confidence Intervals for Two-by-Two Contingency Tables in Randomized Trials. Int J Clin Res Trials 1: 102. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2016/102
This work was supported partially by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 15K00057) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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