Extension of the rank sum test for clustered data: Two-group comparisons with group membership defined at the subunit level

Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1251-1259

  Rosner, Bernard ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^b,c   Lee, Mei Ling T ^d  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral design; Nonparametric statistics; Parallel design; Two stage designs

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTERED DATUM; CONTRALATERAL DESIGN; EYE DROPS; GROUP MEMBERSHIPS; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS; PARALLEL DESIGN; TWO STAGE DESIGNS; UNIT OF ANALYSIS; WILCOXON RANK SUM TEST;

DROPS;

EYE DROPS; PLACEBO;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; EYE; EYE ALLERGY; HUMAN; OCULAR PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIANCE;

EID: 33845510535     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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