costCRD {MBESS}R Documentation

Calculate the total cost used in the cluster randomized design

Description

Calculate the total cost used in the cluster randomized design. See further details at Pornprasertmanit and Schneider (submitted).

Usage

costCRD(nclus, nindiv, cluscost, indivcost)

Arguments

nclus

The total number of clusters

nindiv

The number of individuals in each cluster (cluster size)

cluscost

The cost of collecting a new cluster regardless of the number of individuals collected in each cluster

indivcost

The cost of collecting a new individual

Value

The total cost used in the cluster randomized design

Author(s)

Sunthud Pornprasertmanit (University of Kansas; psunthud@ku.edu)

References

Pornprasertmanit, S., & Schneider, W. J. (submitted). Accuracy in Parameter Estimation in Two-Condition Cluster Randomized Design.

Examples

## Not run: 
costCRD(500, 10, 5 ,1)

## End(Not run)

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