Bias from the use of generalized estimating equations to analyze incomplete longitudinal binary data

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-922

  Copas, Andrew J ^a   Seaman, Shaun R ^b  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary data; Generalized estimating equations; Missing at random; Missing data; Repeated measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952377065     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760902939604     Document Type: Article

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