Multilevel models and unbiased tests for group based interventions: Examples from the safer choices study

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-205

  Carvajal, Scott C ^a   Baumler, Elizabeth ^a   Harrist, Ronald B ^a   Parcel, Guy S ^a  

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EID: 0035535615     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327906MBR3602_03     Document Type: Article

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