A hierarchical zero-inflated log-normal model for skewed responses

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-189

  Li, Ning ^a   Elashoff, David A ^b   Robbins, Wendie A ^c   Xun, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ERROR; HIERARCHICAL ZERO INFLATED LOG NORMAL MODEL; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMET ASSAY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051881684     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280208097372     Document Type: Article

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