A simple test for random effects in regression models

Biometrika

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1005-1010

  Wood, Simon N ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; p value; Random effect; Variance component

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890397927     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/ast038     Document Type: Article

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