Robust modified profile estimating function with application to the generalized estimating equation

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2029-2044

  Wang, Molin ^a   Hanfelt, John J ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Generalized estimating equation; Information unbiasedness; Neyman Scott problem; Nuisance parameter; Profile estimating function; Sparse data

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949125199     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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