Statistical power and sample size requirements for three level hierarchical cluster randomized trials

Biometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1256-1262

  Heo, Moonseong ^a   Leon, Andrew C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Power; Sample size; Three level data

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EFFECT SIZE; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERS; POWER; POWER AND SAMPLE SIZE; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL POWER; STATISTICAL SAMPLES; THREE LEVEL DATA; THREE-LEVEL;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH WORKER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 56049108832     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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