Using second-order generalized estimating equations to model heterogeneous intraclass correlation in cluster-randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 814-827

  Crespi, Catherine M ^a   Wong, Weng Kee ^a   Mishra, Shiraz I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomizes trials; Correlates binary data; Generalized estimating equations; Group based interventions; Intraclass correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 64549086786     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3518     Document Type: Article

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