Likelihood ratio testing of variance components in the linear mixed- effects model using restricted maximum likelihood

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1560-1568

  Morrell, Christopher H ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Linear mixed effects model; Maximum likelihood; Restricted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTING; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; NULL HYPOTHESIS; RANDOM COMPONENTS; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; TEST STATISTICS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032416717     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533680     Document Type: Article

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