Examples in which misspecification of a random effects distribution reduces efficiency, and possible remedies

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 639-653

  Agresti, Alan ^a   Caffo, Brian ^b   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial; Frailty model; Gamma distribution; Logit model; Nonparametric; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; VECTORS;

BINOMIAL; FRAILTY MODEL; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; LOGIT MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC; ODDS RATIO;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 4944247358     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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