An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1565-1579

  Li, Fan ^a   Lokhnygina, Yuliya ^a,b   Murray, David M ^c   Heagerty, Patrick J ^d   Delong, Elizabeth R ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance metric; Candidate set size; Constrained randomization; Group randomized trial; Model based F test; Permutation test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84947982810     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6813     Document Type: Article

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