Robustness of parameter and standard error estimates against ignoring a contextual effect of a subject-level covariate in cluster-randomized trials

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1003-1013

  Korendijk, Elly J H ^a   Hox, Joop J ^a   Moerbeek, Mirjam ^a   Maas, Cora J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Between cluster regression; Group randomized design; Hierarchical linear model; Multilevel analysis; Random coefficient model; Within cluster regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 81355134993     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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