A comparison of methods for estimating the random effects distribution of a linear mixed model

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 575-600

  Ghidey, Wendimagegn ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^b,c   Verbeke, Geert ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOSTATISTICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 78649935245     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280208091686     Document Type: Article

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