The use of permutation tests for variance components in linear mixed models

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 16-17, 2012, Pages 3020-3029

  Samuh, Monjed H ^a,c   Grilli, Leonardo ^b   Rampichini, Carla ^b   Salmaso, Luigi ^a   Lunardon, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c PALESTINE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Bootstrap test; Likelihood ratio test; Linear mixed model; Permutation test; Variance component

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP TEST; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; PERMUTATION TESTS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

BIT ERROR RATE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 84866010585     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2011.587933     Document Type: Article

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