Sample size considerations when groups are the appropriate unit of analysis

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b   Ko, Celine Marie ^b   Alisangco, Jennifer ^b,c   Rosbrook, Bradley P ^b   Miller, Eric ^b   Fullerton, Judith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Project Concern International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 34547667091     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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