A simulation based technique to estimate intracluster correlation for a binary variable

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Chakraborty, Hrishikesh ^a   Moore, Janet ^a   Carlo, Waldemar A ^b   Hartwell, Tyler D ^a   Wright, Linda L ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary variable; Cluster randomized trials; ICC; Intracluster correlation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTRACLUSTER CORRELATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; VALIDITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 57549109489     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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