Inference for odds ratio regression models with sparse dependent data

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-147

  Hanfelt, John J ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive odds ratio; Case control study; Conditional logistic regression; Familial risk; Mantel Haenszel method; Quasi likelihood; Score test; Wald test

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE ODD RATIO; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONDITIONAL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; FAMILIAL RISK; MANTEL-HAENSZEL METHOD; ODD RATIOS; QUASI-LIKELIHOOD; REGRESSION MODELLING; SCORE TEST; WALD TEST;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031897079     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534002     Document Type: Article

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