Relative efficiency and sample size for cluster randomized trials with variable cluster sizes

Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  You, Zhiying ^a   Williams, O Dale ^a   Aban, Inmaculada ^b   Kato Kabagambe, Edmond ^b   Tiwari, Hemant K ^b   Cutter, Gary ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTER SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STUDENT T TEST;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 79951859197     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774510391492     Document Type: Article

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