Mixed effects approach to the analysis of the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial—Investigating the confounding effect of time through simulation

• Alecia Nickless ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alecia.nickless@gmail.com

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8534-116X

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• Merryn Voysey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• John Geddes,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Ly-Mee Yu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Thomas R. Fanshawe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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