Statistical methods for ordered categorical data based on a constrained odds model

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-470

  Dark, Roberta ^a   Bolland, Kim ^b   Whitehead, John ^b  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical data; Mann Whitney test; Ordinal data; Sample size

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CATEGORICAL DATA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FISHER INFORMATION; MANN-WHITNEY; MANN-WHITNEY TEST; ORDERED CATEGORICAL DATA; ORDINAL DATA; PROFILE LIKELIHOOD; PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODEL; SAMPLE SIZES;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX;

EID: 0038684162     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390025     Document Type: Article

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