Small sample inference for the fixed effects in the mixed linear model

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 801-817

  Manor, Orly ^a   Zucker, David M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Longitudinal studies; Mixed linear model; Satterthwaite approximation; Wald type test

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIXED EFFECTS; LINEAR MODEL;

DATA REDUCTION;

DATA INTERPRETATION;

EID: 3042541252     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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