Multilevel analysis of group-randomized trials with binary outcomes

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-251

  Kim, Hae Young ^a   Preisser, John S ^b   Rozier, R Gary ^b,c   Valiyaparambil, Jayasanker V ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster trials; Dental survey incentives; Group randomized trials; Response rates; School based survey research

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; POPULATION GROUPS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY;

EID: 33745684193     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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