Intracluster correlation adjustments to maintain power in cluster trials for binary outcomes

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Chakraborty, Hrishikesh ^a   Moore, Janet ^a   Hartwell, Tyler D ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary variables; Cluster randomized trials; Intracluster correlation; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EFFECT SIZE; EXERCISE; INTRACLUSTER CORRELATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWER ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68449104753     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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