Empirical power and sample size calculations for cluster-randomized and cluster-randomized crossover studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Reich, Nicholas G ^a   Myers, Jessica A ^b   Obeng, Daniel ^c   Milstone, Aaron M ^d   Perl, Trish M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER STUDY; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL POWER; STUDY DESIGN; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84860451608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035564     Document Type: Article

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