A Random-Effects Model for Cycle Viability in Fertility Studies

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 436, 1996, Pages 1413-1422

  Zhou, Haibo ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^b   Wilcox, Allen J ^b   Baird, Donna D ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregated Bernoulli outcomes; Beta distribution; EM algorithm; Fertility; Latent variables; Random effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FERTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0030327880     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476709     Document Type: Article

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