Semiparametric regression for clustered data using generalized estimating equations

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 455, 2001, Pages 1045-1056

  Lin, Xihong ^a   Carroll, Raymond J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Clustered data; Consistency; Efficiency; Generalized estimating equations; Kernel method; Longitudinal data; Nonparametric regression; Partially linear model; Profile method; Sandwich estimator; Semiparametric efficiency bound; Semiparametric efficient score

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442312205     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501753208708     Document Type: Article

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