Analyzing spatially distributed binary data using independent-block estimating equations

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 892-900

  Oman, Samuel D ^a   Landsman, Victoria ^a   Carmel, Yohay ^b   Kadmon, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Binary variables; Composite likelihood; Generalized estimating equations; Probit regression; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS;

BINARY DATA; BINARY RESPONSE; BINARY VARIABLES; COMPOSITE LIKELIHOOD; ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; POINT ESTIMATE; PROBIT REGRESSION; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; STANDARD ERRORS;

ERRORS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

EID: 34247269589     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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