On some models for multivariate binary variables parallel in complexity with the multivariate Gaussian distribution

Biometrika

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 462-469

  Cox, D R ^a   Wermuth, Nanny ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Logistic function; Median dichotomy; Multivariate Gaussian distribution; Principal components; Probit; Rasch model; Sheppard's formula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346405931     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/89.2.462     Document Type: Article

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