Fieller's theorem, scheffe simultaneous confidence intervals, and ratios of parameters of linear and nonlinear mixed-effects models

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 838-847

  Young, David A ^a   Zerbe, Gary O ^a   Hay, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Fetal physiology; Fieller's theorem; Longitudinal data; Mixed effects models; Nonlinear models; Ratios; Simultaneous confidence intervals; Slope ratio bioassay

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EM ALGORITHMS; FETAL PHYSIOLOGY; FIELLER'S THEOREM; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; NON-LINEAR MODELLING; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS; RATIO; SIMULTANEOUS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; SLOPE-RATIO BIOASSAY;

BIOASSAY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETER; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030817624     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533546     Document Type: Article

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