Residual analysis for linear mixed models

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 863-875

  Nobre, Juvêncio Santos ^a   Da Motta Singer, Julio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BLUP; Diagnostic; Longitudinal data; Repeated measures; Residuals

Indexed keywords

BLUP; DIAGNOSTIC; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; LINEAR MODELING; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MODEL SELECTION; REPEATED MEASURES; RESIDUAL; RESIDUALS ANALYSIS; STATISTIC MODELING;

EID: 38049181505     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610341     Document Type: Article

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