Robust alternatives to the F-test in mixed linear models based on MM-estimates

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1045-1052

  Copt, Samuel ^a   Heritier, Stephane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breakdown point; Leverage point; Likelihood ratio test; M estimator; Mixed models; Robustness; Wald test

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BREAKDOWN POINTS; LEVERAGE POINTS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINEAR MODELING; M-ESTIMATORS; MIXED MODELING; ROBUST ESTIMATORS; ROBUSTNESS; TYPE TESTS; WALD TEST;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 36749033249     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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