Regression modelling of weighted κ by using generalized estimating equations

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Gonin, René ^b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^c   Fitzmaurice, Garett M ^c   Molenberghs, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disease index; Generalized estimating equations; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Measure of agreement; Ordinal data; Unbalanced data; Weighted

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354807     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00175     Document Type: Article

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