On small-sample inference in group randomized trials with binary outcomes and cluster-level covariates

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 789-806

  Westgate, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary outcomes; Cluster level summary approach; Marginal model; Model based standard error; Sandwich standard error estimates

Indexed keywords

BINARY OUTCOME; CLUSTER-LEVEL SUMMARY APPROACH; ERROR ESTIMATES; MARGINAL MODELS; MODEL-BASED OPC; MODEL-BASED STANDARD ERROR; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; SANDWICH STANDARD ERROR ESTIMATE; STANDARD ERRORS;

ERROR STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINARY OUTCOMES; BIOMETRY; CLUSTER-LEVEL SUMMARY APPROACH; HUMAN; MARGINAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MODEL-BASED STANDARD ERROR; OCCULT BLOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SANDWICH STANDARD ERROR ESTIMATES;

BINARY OUTCOMES; CLUSTER-LEVEL SUMMARY APPROACH; MARGINAL MODEL; MODEL-BASED STANDARD ERROR; SANDWICH STANDARD ERROR ESTIMATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; HUMANS; OCCULT BLOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84883366725     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201200237     Document Type: Article

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