Bias reduction of approximate maximum likelihood estimates for heritability in threshold models

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1155-1164

  Engel, Bas ^a   Buist, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Binary data; Heritability; IRREML; MAPHL; Mixed model; PQL; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

BIAS; BINARY DATA; HERITABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS; IRREML; MAPHL; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MIXED MODELING; PQL; THRESHOLD MODEL;

ANIMALS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031702869     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533865     Document Type: Article

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