A multivariate probit latent variable model for analyzing dichotomous responses

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 645-664

  Song, Xin Yuan ^a   Lee, Sik Yum ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Monte Carlo EM algorithm; Observed data likelihood; Path sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144553773     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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