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Selecting the Working Correlation Structure by a New Generalized AIC Index for Longitudinal Data

Lin, Wei-Lun
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The analysis of longitudinal data has been a popular subject for the recent years. The growth of the Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) Liang & Zeger, 1986) is one of the most influential recent developments in statistical practice for this practice. GEE methods are attractive both from a theoretical and a practical standpoint. In this paper, we are interested in the influence of different "working" correlation structures for modeling the longitudinal data. Furthermore, we propose a new AIC-like method for the model assessment which generalized AIC from the point of view of the data generating. By comparing the difference of the log-likelihood functions between different correlation models, we define the exact value to create an interval for our model selection. In this thesis, we combine the GEE method and a new generalized AIC Index for the longitudinal data with different correlation structures.

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2007-11-28
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Longitudinal data, Generalized AIC Index, Working Correlation, Generalized Estimating Equation
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Lin, Wei-Lun. "Selecting the Working Correlation Structure by a New Generalized AIC Index for Longitudinal Data." 2007. Thesis, Georgia State University. https://doi.org/10.57709/1059693
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2012-01-26
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