Simulation methods to estimate design power: An overview for applied research

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Hogan, Daniel R ^b   Colford, John M ^a   Hubbard, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Simulation; Power; Research Design; Sample Size

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 79959191295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-94     Document Type: Review

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