2022
Assessing Exposure-Time Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials
Maleyeff L, Li F, Haneuse S, Wang R. Assessing Exposure-Time Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials. Biometrics 2022, 79: 2551-2564. PMID: 36416302, PMCID: PMC10203056, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment effect heterogeneityEffect heterogeneityParameter increasesTreatment effect parametersParametric functional formModel choicePermutation testModel formulationSimulation studyPrecise averageNew model formulationFunctional formEffect parametersRandom effectsTreatment effect estimatesCategorical termsVariance components
2017
An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group‐randomized trials with binary outcomes
Li F, Turner EL, Heagerty PJ, Murray DM, Vollmer WM, DeLong ER. An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group‐randomized trials with binary outcomes. Statistics In Medicine 2017, 36: 3791-3806. PMID: 28786223, PMCID: PMC5624845, DOI: 10.1002/sim.7410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup-level covariatesPossible allocation schemesMonte Carlo simulationsStatistical propertiesRandomization-based testsStatistical issuesCarlo simulationsPrespecified percentageAllocation schemeStatistical testsCandidate allocationsSpaceBinary outcomesAllocation techniquePermutation testPractical limitationsPower lossSchemeSuch designsGroup-randomized trialLarge numberF-testContinuous outcomesCovariate imbalanceInference