Ambiguity in Statistical Analysis Methods and Nonconformity With Prespecified Commitment to Data Sharing in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

J Med Internet Res. 2024 Apr 3:26:e54090. doi: 10.2196/54090.

Authors

Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini¹, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo¹, Deependra K Thapa¹, Andrew W Brown^{2

3}, Daniel E Kpormegbey¹, David B Allison¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States.
³ Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR, United States.

PMID: 38568721
PMCID: PMC11024742
DOI: 10.2196/54090

No abstract available

Keywords: cluster randomized trial; clustering; data availability; data sharing; nesting; random allocation; reproducibility.

MeSH terms

Humans
Information Dissemination*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Research Design*

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