On the use of stochastic ordering to test for trend with clustered binary data

Biometrika

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Szabo, Aniko ^a   George, E Olusegun ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicology; Exchangeability; Marginal compatibility; Mixture likelihood; Nonparametric inference; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249113229     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asp077     Document Type: Article

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