Consequences of misspecifying the error covariance structure in linear mixed models for longitudinal data

Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Vallejo, Guillermo ^a   Ato, Manuel ^b   Valdés, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fit criteria; Mixed model approach; Repeated measures; Tests of fixed effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949093697     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241.4.1.10     Document Type: Article

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