A note on the use of unbiased estimating equations to estimate correlation in analysis of longitudinal trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Sun, Wenguang ^a   Shults, Justine ^a   Leonard, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Estimating Equations; Longitudinal Data; Markov Correlation Structure; Pseudolikelihood; Quasi least Squares; Wang Carey Estimation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION STRUCTURE; ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; FIRST ORDER AUTOREGRESSIVE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; LEAST SQUARE; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MARKOV CORRELATION STRUCTURE; PSEUDO-LIKELIHOOD; QUASI-LEAST SQUARE; WANG-CAREY ESTIMATION;

EID: 60849095096     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710493     Document Type: Article

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