Statistical considerations in the design and analysis of community intervention trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 435-439

  Donner, Allan ^a   Klar, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster randomization; Power; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SAMPLE;

EID: 0029920408     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00511-0     Document Type: Article

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