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In statistics, the design effect is an adjustment used in some kinds of studies, such as cluster randomised trials, to allow for the design structure. The adjustment inflates the standard errors and is necessary to allow for correlations among clusters of observations.[1]

  1. ^ "Glossary - NCES Statistical Standards".

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