Power Analysis of Trials with Multilevel Data

Power Analysis of Trials with Multilevel Data

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-254

  Moerbeek, Mirjam ^a   Teerenstra, Steven ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85128093562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18676     Document Type: Book

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