Optimal sampling of units in three-level cluster randomized designs: An ancova framework

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 798-813

  Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; experimental design; statistical power

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053209797     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410397186     Document Type: Article

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