A multi-level two-part random effects model, with application to an alcohol-dependence study

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3528-3539

  Liu, Lei ^a   Ma, Jennie Z ^a   Johnson, Bankole A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; Hierarchical model; Logistic model; Longitudinal data analysis; Mxed model; Nested random effects

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MULTI LEVEL TWO PARTS RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 48249128381     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3205     Document Type: Article

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