The design of cluster randomized crossover trials

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 472-490

  Rietbergen, Charlotte ^a,b   Moerbeek, Mirjam ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cluster randomized crossover design; optimal allocation; statistical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960735897     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610379136     Document Type: Article

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