Improved estimation in cumulative link models

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-196

  Kosmidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjusted counts; Adjusted score equations; Ordinal response models; Reduction of bias; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891837371     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12025     Document Type: Article

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