Optimality of Equal vs. Unequal Cluster Sizes in Multilevel Intervention Studies: A Monte Carlo Study for Small Sample Sizes

DOI10.1080/03610910701724052zbMath1138.62042OpenAlexW1974717093WikidataQ56497130 ScholiaQ56497130MaRDI QIDQ5451133

Gerard J. P. van Breukelen, Larissa Kotova, Martijn P. F. Berger, Math J. J. M. Candel

Publication date: 18 March 2008

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/72609013/candel_2008_optimality_of_equal_vs_unequal_cluster.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

mean squared error\(D\)-optimalityrelative efficiency\(D_s\)-optimality(restricted) maximum likelihoodmultilevel intervention studiesunequal cluster sizes

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