Sample size and optimal designs for reliability studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-110

  Walter, S D ^a   Eliasziw, M ^b,c   Donner, A ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0032518974     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980115)17:1<101::AID-SIM727>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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