161. A critical situational clinical trial is experiencing higher than expected dropout rates from the control group. What is the urgency for a biostatistician to assess the impact?
A.
To ignore the dropouts as normal.
B.
To urgently assess if the dropout is differential (related to outcome or treatment), as this can introduce selection bias and invalidate the study results.
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C.
To only analyze complete cases.
D.
To recruit more participants.
📖 Additional Information
To ignore the dropouts as normal.
To urgently assess if the dropout is differential (related to outcome or treatment), as this can introduce selection bias and invalidate the study results.
