Asymptotic distribution free interval estimation: For an intraclass correlation coefficient with applications to longitudinal data

Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  Coffman, Donna L ^a   Maydeu Olivares, Alberto ^b   Arnau, Jaume ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Confidence intervals; Distributional assumptions; Intraclass correlation; Model assumptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949086006     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241.4.1.4     Document Type: Article

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