MACT: A Manageable Minimization Allocation System

Table 5

The standard deviation of cases and prognostic factors among groups.

Number of Cases	300		400		500
Method	Minimization	Simple	Minimization	Simple	Minimization	Simple
Number of cases	0.816	1.41	0.816	4.97	0.816	1.41
PF1
Level 1	0.816	2.16	0.577	3.70	0.500	4.92
Level 2	0.00	1.83	0.577	2.65	0.957	3.59
Level 3	0.500	3.20	0.500	3.30	1.41	4.97
Level 4	1.15	2.58	0.577	2.38	0.577	2.65
Level 5	0.957	1.71	0.500	3.77	0.00	5.48
PF2
Level 1	0.957	4.27	0.816	3.65	0.577	3.70
Level 2	0.816	3.92	0.500	6.99	0.957	11.9
Level 3	0.957	4.86	0.500	4.99	0.500	8.62
PF3
Level 1	0.816	5.23	0.00	2.94	0.500	3.59
Level 2	0.816	6.32	0.816	6.38	0.500	9.57
PF4
Level 1	0.500	2.99	0.957	4.50	0.577	3.70
Level 2	0.500	4.03	0.957	4.19	0.816	5.42
Level 3	0.500	2.87	0.957	2.22	0.577	4.43
Level 4	0.957	4.65	0.00	5.48	0.577	4.43
Level 5	0.816	2.94	0.500	2.63	0.577	2.52
PF5
Level 1	0.500	5.50	0.577	7.54	0.500	6.80
Level 2	0.957	5.12	1.00	5.26	0.816	8.29
Level 3	0.577	2.38	0.500	3.70	0.500	5.85
Level 4	0.816	4.16	0.710	4.79	0.816	4.00
PF6
Level 1	0.577	5.07	2.06	6.18	4.11	8.62
Level 2	1.26	2.36	1.91	4.43	1.71	5.32
Level 3	1.71	2.50	2.50	5.74	4.12	6.95