Inference for kappas for longitudinal study data: Applications to sexual health research

Biometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 781-789

  Ma, Yan ^a   Tang, Wan ^a   Feng, Changyong ^a   Tu, Xin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse probability weighting; Missing data; Monotone missing data pattern; Sexual health; U statistics

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DATA PATTERNS; HEALTH RESEARCH; INVERSE PROBABILITY WEIGHTING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MISSING DATA; MONOTONE MISSING DATA; MONOTONE MISSING DATA PATTERN; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING; SEXUAL HEALTH; U-STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSIS;

COMPLEXITY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 49749101625     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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