Methodological studies: The power of the test for treatment effects in three-level block randomized designs

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-288

  Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Nested designs; Random effects; Statistical power; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009647562     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345740802328216     Document Type: Article

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