A SAS macro for covariate-constrained randomization of general cluster-randomized and unstratified designs

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Greene, Erich J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced allocation; Cluster randomized trials; Constrained randomization; Covariate balance; Restricted randomization; SAS; Stratified group randomized trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017617668     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v077.c01     Document Type: Article

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