Commentary  

Sample size calculations for cluster randomised controlled trials with a fixed number of clusters

Karla Hemming, Alan J Girling, Alice J Sitch, Jennifer Marsh, Richard J Lilford BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:102 (30 June 2011)

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Research article  

Additive and multiplicative hazards modeling for recurrent event data analysis

Hyun J Lim, Xu Zhang BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:101 (27 June 2011)

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The case study approach

Sarah Crowe, Kathrin Cresswell, Ann Robertson, Guro Huby, Anthony Avery, Aziz Sheikh BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:100 (27 June 2011)

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Stratified sampling design and loss to follow-up in survival models: evaluation of efficiency and bias

Cibele C César, Marilia S Carvalho BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:99 (26 June 2011)

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Telephone and face to face methods of assessment of veteran's community reintegration yield equivalent results

Linda J Resnik, Melissa A Clark, Matthew Borgia BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:98 (25 June 2011)

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Reported frequency of physical activity in a large epidemiological study: relationship to specific activities and repeatability over time

Miranda EG Armstrong, Benjamin J Cairns, Jane Green, Gillian K Reeves, Valerie Beral, The Million Women Study Collaborators BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:97 (22 June 2011)

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Estimating and modelling cure in population-based cancer studies within the framework of flexible parametric survival models

Therese ML Andersson, Paul W Dickman, Sandra Eloranta, Paul C Lambert BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:96 (22 June 2011)

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A comparison of a new multinomial stopping rule with stopping rules of fleming and gehan in single arm phase II cancer clinical trials

John R Goffin, Greg R Pond, Dongsheng Tu BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:95 (21 June 2011)

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Commentary  

Simulation methods to estimate design power: an overview for applied research

Benjamin F Arnold, Daniel R Hogan, John M Colford, Alan E Hubbard BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:94 (20 June 2011)

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Revisiting the dimensional structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): empirical evidence for a general factor

Michael E Reichenheim, Claudia L Moraes, Alessandra SD Oliveira, Gustavo Lobato BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:93 (20 June 2011)

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Technical advance  

The Global Evidence Mapping Initiative: Scoping research in broad topic areas

Peter Bragge, Ornella Clavisi, Tari Turner, Emma Tavender, Alex Collie, Russell L Gruen BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:92 (17 June 2011)

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Baseline characteristics and patient reported outcome data of patients prescribed etanercept: web-based and telephone evaluation

Alan G Wade, Gordon M Crawford, Neil Pumford, Volker Koscielny, Susan Maycock, Alex McConnachie BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:91 (14 June 2011)

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Review  

Novel study designs to investigate the placebo response

Paul Enck, Sibylle Klosterhalfen, Stephan Zipfel BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:90 (10 June 2011)

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Using e-mail recruitment and an online questionnaire to establish effect size: A worked example

Helen M Kirkby, Sue Wilson, Melanie Calvert, Heather Draper BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:89 (9 June 2011)

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Using quantile regression to investigate racial disparities in medication non-adherence

Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Cheryl P Lynch, Martina Mueller, Gregory E Gilbert, Carrae Echols, Yumin Zhao, Leonard E Egede BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:88 (6 June 2011)

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Measurement properties of translated versions of neck-specific questionnaires: a systematic review

Jasper M Schellingerhout, Martijn W Heymans, Arianne P Verhagen, Henrica C de Vet, Bart W Koes, Caroline B Terwee BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:87 (6 June 2011)

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Understanding competing risks: a simulation point of view

Arthur Allignol, Martin Schumacher, Christoph Wanner, Christiane Drechsler, Jan Beyersmann BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:86 (3 June 2011)

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Validation of the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire in 1^st generation Black African-Caribbean and South Asian UK migrants: A sub-study to the Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening (E-ECHOES) study

Philip C Bennett, Gregory YH Lip, Stanley Silverman, Andrew D Blann, Paramjit S Gill BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:85 (3 June 2011)

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