A new look at the difference between the GEE and the GLMM when modeling longitudinal count responses

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2067-2079

  Zhang, H ^a   Yu, Q ^b   Feng, C ^b   Gunzler, D ^c   Wu, P ^b   Tu, X M ^b,d,e  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

generalized estimating equations; generalized linear mixed effect model; hotelling's T 2 statistic; likelihood ratio test; score test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864631640     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2012.700452     Document Type: Article

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