The choice of computational unit in the statistical analysis of unbalanced clinical trials
- 30 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Periodontology
- Vol. 14 (9) , 519-523
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-051x.1987.tb00993.x
Abstract
Clinical periodontal research often involves the treatment of patients who have disease at several sites in the mouth. Should the units of analysis be the patients, the sites, or a combination of both? These strategies are explored and a worked example given.Keywords
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