A Tribute to Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage CBE, who died February 14 at 99, was a pioneer in medical statistics. He was best known for his innovative developments in clinical trial design and analysis, especially the use of sequential analysis and optimal stopping decision criteria. Sequential analysis was originally devised as a tool for industrial quality control. It was Armitage’s genius to recognize its importance for medical research.
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