Misspecifying the shape of a random effects distribution: Why getting it wrong may not matter

Statistical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-402

  McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Neuhaus, John M ^a  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Mixed models; Parametric modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655175462     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-STS361     Document Type: Article

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