Weighted likelihood estimating equations: The discrete case with applications to logistic regression

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-232

  Markatou, Marianthi ^a   Basu, Ayanedranath ^b   Lindsay, Bruce ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear models; Likelihood approach; Residual adjustment functions; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031065884     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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