Locally dependent latent class models with covariates: An application to under-age drinking in the USA

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 877-897

  Reboussin, Beth A ^a   Ip, Edward H ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential measurement; Latent class; Local dependence; Marginal regression; Odds ratio; Second order estimating equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649099024     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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