Correcting an analysis of variance for clustering

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-37

  Hedges, Larry V ^a   Rhoads, Christopher H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79751494477     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2010.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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