Statistical efficiency and optimal design for stepped cluster studies under linear mixed effects models

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2149-2166

  Girling, Alan J ^a   Hemming, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster studies; Intra cluster correlation; Optimal design; Stepped wedge designs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LINEAR MIXED EFFECTS MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEPPED CLUSTER DESIGN; STUDY DESIGN; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTOR;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954131744     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6850     Document Type: Article

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