Reducing sensitivity to nuisance parameters in semiparametric models: A quasi-score method

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 857-869

  Rathouz, Paul J ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhattacharyya basis; Bias correction; Estimating function; Measurement error; Neyman scott problem; Quasilikelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442272320     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.4.857     Document Type: Article

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