Comparing denominator degrees of freedom approximations for the generalized linear mixed model in analyzing binary outcome in small sample cluster-randomized trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Peng ^a   Redden, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Type I error; Wald F test

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84931090907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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