Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials: A Review of Recent Practices

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-399

  Varnell, Sherri P ^a   Murray, David M ^b,c   Janega, Jessica B ^b   Blitstein, Jonathan L ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c 202 Psychology Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP RANDOMIZED TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1442281120     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.3.393     Document Type: Review

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