A more powerful test in three-level cluster randomized designs

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-369

  Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Randomized experiments; Statistical power; Three level designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053312794     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2010.519824     Document Type: Article

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