Maintaining the validity of inference from linear mixed models in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials under misspecified random-effects structures - Ouyang, Yongdong; Taljaard, Monica; Forbes, Andrew B; Li, Fan (Statistical methods in medical research, 2024)
Keywords: Bias; Cluster Analysis; Computer Simulation; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Humans; Linear Models; Models, Statistical; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data; sandwich variance estimator; small-sample correction; Correlation structure; model misspecification; mixed-effects model; degrees of freedom