Intraclass Correlations and Covariate Outcome Correlations for Planning Two- and Three-Level Cluster-Randomized Experiments in Education

Evaluation Review

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 445-489

  Hedges, Larry V ^a   Hedberg, E C ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

content area; education; methodological development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903190149     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X14529126     Document Type: Article

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