Estimation of variance components in the mixed effects models: A comparison between analysis of variance and spectral decomposition

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3962-3973

  Wu, Mi Xia ^a,b   Yu, Kai Fun ^b   Liu, Ai Yi ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Best linear unbiased estimate; Least squares estimate; mixed effects model; Spectral decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349086381     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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