Excel (Microsoft)

for data collection, 103, 105, 107–110

functions of, 57

for logrank tests,

319–320

for randomization, 67

for straightline regression,

217

for survival regression, 343

exclusion, 74

exclusion criteria, 64

expected count, 164

expected survival, 329, 331, 343–346

experimental research, 61, 88–90, 97–98

experiments, 1, 9–10, 91

expert opinion, 91

explicit constants, 17

exploratory analysis, 294

exploratory efficacy objective, 63

exploratory objectives, 62–63

exponential distribution, 356

exponential increase, 277

exponentiating, 21

exposure, 83, 175, 178, 193, 292

extrapolation, 108

F

F ratio, 152

F statistic, 228. 242

F value (value of F statistic), 155

factorials, 22

failure times, 356–357

fasting glucose values, 25–26, 153

fat intake, 92–93

FDA (Food and Drug Administration), 71

first quartile, 222