Sample size re-estimation in cluster randomization trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1337-1350

  Lake, Stephen ^a   Kammann, Erin ^a   Klar, Neil ^b,c   Betensky, Rebecca ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster randomization; Group sequential trials; Internal pilot

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; PILOT STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0037198574     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1121     Document Type: Article

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