Large sample theory of maximum likelihood estimates in semiparametric biased sampling models

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 151-194

  Gilbert, Peter B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic theory; Choice based sampling; Clinical trials; Empirical processes; Generalized logistic regression; HIV vaccine trial; Nonparametric maximum likelihood; Selection bias models; Vardi's estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034372867     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1016120368     Document Type: Article

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