Likelihood-based inference for the ratios of regression coefficients in linear models

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 457-473

  Ghosh, Malay ^a   Datta, Gauri Sankar ^b   Kim, Dalho ^c   Sweeting, Trevor J ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjusted profile likelihood; Adjustments to profile likelihood; Conditional profile likelihood; Expected length of confidence interval; Integrated likelihood; Orthogonal transformation; Profile likelihood

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADJUSTED PROFILE LIKELIHOOD; CONDITIONAL PROFILE LIKELIHOOD; INTEGRATED LIKELIHOOD; ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATION; REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33748548118     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: 15729052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10463-005-0027-3     Document Type: Article

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