DF-like analyses of binary, ordered, and censored variables using probit and tobit approaches

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-232

  Kohler, Hans Peter ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate censored regression; Bivariate probit; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032735634     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021686005855     Document Type: Article

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