Sample size estimation in cluster randomized trials: An evidence-based perspective

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1174-1187

  Rotondi, Michael ^a   Donner, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Design of experiments; Intracluster correlation coefficient; Meta analysis; Sample size estimation; Sequential methods

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIALS; INTRACLUSTER CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; META-ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE ESTIMATION; SEQUENTIAL METHODS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84857643081     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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