The analysis of very small samples of repeated measurements I: An adjusted sandwich estimator

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 2825-2837

  Skene, Simon S ^a   Kenward, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariance matrix; Cross over trials; Empirical sandwich estimator; Kenward Roger adjustment; Repeated measures; Small samples

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POWER ANALYSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SANDWICH ESTIMATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 78349291530     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4073     Document Type: Article

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