When intraclass correlation coefficients go awry: A case study from a school-based smoking prevention study in South Africa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1714-1718

  Resnicow, Ken ^a   Zhang, Nanhua ^a   Vaughan, Roger D ^b   Prisoilla Reddy, Sasiragha ^c   James, Shamagonam ^c   Murray, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956246347     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.160879     Document Type: Article

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