A simulation study to assess statistical methods for binary repeated measures data

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 81-97

  Masaoud, Elmabrok ^a,b   Stryhn, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAWIA   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Binary repeated measures; Marginal model; Random effects model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 73449136091     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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