Erratum to Increasing the degrees of freedom in existing group randomized trials: The DF* approach,(Evaluation Review (2005), 29, 3 (241-267), 10.1177/0193841X04273257);Increasing the degrees of freedom in existing group randomized trials: The df* approach

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-267

  Blitstein, Jonathan L ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^b   Murray, David M ^c   Shadish, William R ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrees of freedom; Group randomized trial; Meta analysis; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844425244     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X13480146     Document Type: Erratum

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