Sample size formulas for estimating intraclass correlation coefficients with precision and assurance

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 3972-3981

  Zou, G Y ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreement; Confidence interval; Interrater; Intrarater; Measurements; Reliability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84870064527     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5466     Document Type: Article

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