2024
A review of current practice in the design and analysis of extremely small stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials.
Tong G, Nevins P, Ryan M, Davis-Plourde K, Ouyang Y, Pereira Macedo J, Meng C, Wang X, Caille A, Li F, Taljaard M. A review of current practice in the design and analysis of extremely small stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials. Clinical Trials 2024, 17407745241276137. PMID: 39377196, DOI: 10.1177/17407745241276137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall-sample correctionsStepped-wedge cluster randomized trialCluster randomized trialSample size calculation methodGeneralized linear mixed modelsLongitudinal correlation structureSize calculation methodLinear mixed modelsPermutation testSample sizeBayesian approachRandomized trialsCorrelation structureMixed modelsBayesian analysisGeneralized estimating equationsPermutationMedian sample sizeIntervention conditionRandomization methodEquations
2020
A note on the estimation and inference with quadratic inference functions for correlated outcomes
Yu H, Tong G, Li F. A note on the estimation and inference with quadratic inference functions for correlated outcomes. Communications In Statistics - Simulation And Computation 2020, 51: 6525-6536. PMID: 36568127, PMCID: PMC9782733, DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2020.1805463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuadratic inference functionsInference functionScore equationsQuadratic inference function approachRegression parametersFinite samplesCombination of estimatorsGeneral settingEquationsCorrelated outcomesSimulation studyEstimatorFunction approachAnalytical insightsPopular methodInferenceSolutionMultiple setsMisspecificationSetFunctionEstimationAlternative solutionNoteParameters