Improved testing inference in mixed linear models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2573-2582

  Melo, Tatiane F N ^a   Ferrari, Silvia L P ^a   Cribari Neto, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING;

BARTLETT CORRECTIONS; FINITE SAMPLE BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINEAR MODELING; MODIFIED PROFILE LIKELIHOODS; RANDOM EFFECTS; REPEATED MEASURES; SMALL-SAMPLE INFERENCE;

TESTING;

EID: 62149138053     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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