Statistical evidence for GLM regression parameters: A robust likelihood approach

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2919-2936

  Blume, Jeffrey D ^a   Su, Li ^a   Olveda, Remigio M ^b   McGarvey, Stephen T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Generalized linear models; Law of likelihood; Likelihood ratios; Misleading evidence; Robust likelihood

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITOSIS; PHILIPPINES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 34250665474     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2759     Document Type: Article

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