Efficiency of regression estimates for clustered data

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 500-511

  Mancl, Lloyd A ^a   Leroux, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic relative efficiency; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized least squares; Logistic regression; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFICATIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; CLUSTER SIZES; CLUSTERED DATUM; CORRELATION STRUCTURE; COVARIATES; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARE; LOGISTICS REGRESSIONS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ESTIMATES;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0029938345     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2532890     Document Type: Article

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