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Observed intra-cluster correlation coefficients in a cluster survey sample of patient encounters in general practice in Australia

BACKGROUND: Cluster sample study designs are cost effective, however cluster samples violate the simple random sample assumption of independence of observations. Failure to account for the intra-cluster correlation of observations when sampling through clusters may lead to an under-powered study. Re...

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Autores principales: Knox, Stephanie A, Chondros, Patty
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15613248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-4-30