Optimal designs for multilevel studies

Handbook of Multilevel Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-205

  Moerbeek, Mirjam ^a   Breukelen, Gerard J P Van ^b   Berger, Martijn P F ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73186-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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