Efficient estimation of the intraclass correlation for a binary trait

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-96

  Molenberghs, Geert ^a   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary response; Clustered data; Generalized estimating equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002125190     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400561     Document Type: Article

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