A survey off methods for analyzing clustered binary response data

International Statistical Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-118

  Pendergast, Jane F ^a,d   Gange, Stephen J ^b   Newton, Michael A ^e   Lindstrom, Mary J ^e   Palta, Mari ^e   Fisher, Marian R ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Correlated binary data; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized linear models; Logistic regression; Marginal models; Ordinal data; Overdispersion; Random effects models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030549352     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1403425     Document Type: Review

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