A comparison of different methods for the estimation of regression models with correlated binary responses

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 439-455

  Spiess, Martin ^a   Hamerle, Alfred ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary probit model; Correlated binary responses; Gauss Hermite quadrature; Generalized estimating equations; Maximum likelihood; Mean and covariance structure analysis; Simulation study; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CORRELATED BINARY RESPONSES; GAUSS-HERMITE QUADRATURE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATION EQUATIONS (GEE); MEAN AND COVARIANCE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (MECOSA);

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033728484     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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