Weighting for unequal selection probabilities in multilevel models

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-40

  Pfeffermann, D ^a   Skinner, C J ^b   Holmes, D J ^b   Goldstein, H ^c   Rasbash, J ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear model; Iterative generalized least squares; Multistage sampling; Pseudolikelihood; Scaled weights; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000938590     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00106     Document Type: Article

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