Use of clustering analysis in randomized controlled trials in orthopaedic surgery

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oltean, Hanna ^a   Gagnier, Joel J ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering analysis; Orthopaedic surgery; Randomized controlled trials; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84925013107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0006-1     Document Type: Article

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