Improved small sample inference in the mixed linear model: Bartlett correction and adjusted likelihood

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 827-838

  Zucker, David M ^a   Lieberman, Offer ^b   Manor, Orly ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Higher order asymptotics; Repeated measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354312     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00267     Document Type: Article

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