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Baseline testing in cluster randomised controlled trials: should this be done?

BACKGROUND: Comparisons of baseline covariates in randomised controlled trials whilst often undertaken is regarded by many as an exercise in futility. Because of randomisation the null hypothesis is true for baseline comparisons and therefore any differences will occur by chance. However, this is on...

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Autores principales: Bolzern, Jaime E., Mitchell, Alex, Torgerson, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31101078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0750-8