Issues in Randomization Outline
Issues in Randomization Outline
Issues in Randomization Outline
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Response Adaptive• May be group sequential designs• May use cont<strong>in</strong>uous <strong>in</strong>terimanalysis to feed <strong>in</strong>to randomization• May use set <strong>in</strong>terim i analysis timepo<strong>in</strong>ts to feed <strong>in</strong>to randomization• Do not want response to be toolong termCluster <strong>Randomization</strong>• Same ideas as before• Unit of randomization– School/Cl<strong>in</strong>ic/Hospitals– Providers• Outcome measurement– Students– Patients• Need to use special models for analysisbecause those provid<strong>in</strong>g outcomesnested <strong>in</strong> unit that was randomizedWhat do I recommend?• Depends on the study andresources available• My go-to for researchers– Permuted block randomization– Stratified by site– Choose block size(s) appropriate tosample size– Randomize smallest <strong>in</strong>dependentelement at last possible second10