Maximum likelihood analysis of generalized linear models with missing covariates

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-50

  Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Laird, Nan M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0032937149     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228099673120862     Document Type: Review

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