On eliminating the asymptotic bias in the quasi-least squares estimate of the correlation parameter

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-161

  Chaganty, N Rao ^a   Shults, Justine ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

62F10; 62F12; GEE; Generalized least squares; Longitudinal data; Positive definite matrix; Primary 62J12; Quasi least squares; Repeated measures; Secondary 15A23

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005356997     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(98)00180-3     Document Type: Article

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