Impact of subject attrition on sample size determinations for longitudinal cluster randomized clinical trials

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-522

  Heo, Moonseong ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Effect size; Longitudinal cluster RCT; Power; Sample size; Three level data.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBJECT ATTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898952276     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2014.888442     Document Type: Article

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