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The choice of computational unit in the statistical analysis of unbalanced clinical trials
Author(s) -
Osborn John
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1987.tb00993.x
Subject(s) - clinical trial , periodontal disease , medicine , statistical analysis , unit (ring theory) , dentistry , intensive care medicine , computer science , statistics , mathematics , pathology , mathematics education
Clinical periodontal research often involves the treatment of patients who have disease at several sites in the mouth. Should the units of analysis he the patients, the sites, or a combination of both? These strategies are explored and a worked example given.