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Moerbeek, M. (2021). Optimal allocations for two treatment comparisons within the proportional odds cumulative logits model. PLoS One, 16(4), Article e0250119. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250119

Moerbeek, Mirjam. / Optimal allocations for two treatment comparisons within the proportional odds cumulative logits model. In: PLoS One. 2021 ; Vol. 16, No. 4.

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Moerbeek, M 2021, 'Optimal allocations for two treatment comparisons within the proportional odds cumulative logits model', PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 4, e0250119. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250119

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Moerbeek M. Optimal allocations for two treatment comparisons within the proportional odds cumulative logits model. PLoS One. 2021 Apr;16(4):e0250119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250119