A linear mixed-effects model with heterogeneity in the random-effects population

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 433, 1996, Pages 217-221

  Verbeke, Geert ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes; Goodness of fit test; Longitudinal model; Mixture model; Normality assumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000569928     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476679     Document Type: Article

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