Impact of non-uniform correlation structure on sample size and power in multiple-period cluster randomised trials

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 703-716

  Kasza, J ^a   Hemming, K ^b   Hooper, R ^c   Matthews, J N S ^d   Forbes, A B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cluster randomised trial; Exponential decay; intra cluster correlation; sample size; stepped wedge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85045642254     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280217734981     Document Type: Article

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