A Powerful and Robust Test Statistic for Randomization Inference in Group-Randomized Trials with Matched Pairs of Groups

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Traskin, Mikhail ^a   Small, Dylan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Group randomized trials; Randomization inference; Rank based statistics; Robustness

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CAUSAL EFFECT; GROUP-RANDOMIZED TRIAL; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; POWER; RANDOMISATION; RANDOMIZATION INFERENCE; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; RANK-BASED STATISTIC; ROBUSTNESS; TEST STATISTICS;

STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84858864025     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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