Small sample GEE estimation of regression parameters for longitudinal data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 3869-3881

  Paul, Sudhir ^a   Zhang, Xuemao ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Bias reduction; Generalized estimating equations; Longitudinal data; Marginal model

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84906835964     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6198     Document Type: Article

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