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Abstract:
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Statisticians are sometimes being referred to as number crunchers. This is unfortunate and in no way reflect the real role of statisticians in clinical research. Although statistical methods are important, what gets into those formula are even more important and should be an integral part of statistical considerations. For example, a lot of papers have been written regarding the missing data, however, no statistical method can truly address this issue satisfactorily because we can not make unknowns known afterward. A better approach is to think creatively how to reduce the missing rate and how to collect information that will help addressing this issue. In this talk I will go through some trial design, conduct and data collecting issues and discuss how statistician can play an important role in these areas.
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