Testing for misspecification in generalized linear mixed models

Biostatistics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-786

  Abad, Ariel Alonso ^a   Litière, Saskia ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; Information matrix test; Linear mixed model; Random effects misspecification; Sandwich estimator

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956209227     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxq019     Document Type: Article

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