Comparison of GEE1 and GEE2 estimation applied to clustered logistic regression

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-378

  Balemi, Andrew ^a   Lee, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Generalized estimating equations; Sandwich estimators; Working covariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949135300     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650701786085     Document Type: Article

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