On the asymptotic behaviour of the pseudolikelihood ratio test statistic with boundary problems

Biometrika

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 603-620

  Chen, Yong ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Boundary problem; Frailty survival model; Likelihood ratio test; Nuisance parameter; Pseudolikelihood; Teratological experiment; Variance component model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955880322     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq031     Document Type: Article

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