Confidence interval estimation for a difference between two dependent intraclass correlation coefficients with variable class sizes

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-625

  Kowalik, Danuta ^a   Choi, Yun Hee ^a   Zou, G Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coefficient; Family studies; Fisher's z transformation; Heritability; Interval estimation; Intraclass correlation; Sib sib correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860796864     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2011.10483734     Document Type: Article

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