Generalized linear models with clustered data: Fixed and random effects models
The statistical analysis of mixed effects models for binary and count data is investigated. In the statistical computing environment R, there are a few packages that estimate models of this kind. The package lme4 is a de facto standard for mixed effects models. The package glmmML allows non-normal distributions in the specification of random intercepts. It also allows for the estimation of a fixed effects model, assuming that all cluster intercepts are distinct fixed parameters; moreover, a bootstrapping technique is implemented to replace asymptotic analysis. The random intercepts model is fitted using a maximum likelihood estimator with adaptive Gauss-Hermite and Laplace quadrature approximations of the likelihood function. The fixed effects model is fitted through a profiling approach, which is necessary when the number of clusters is large. In a simulation study, the two approaches are compared. The fixed effects model has severe bias when the mixed effects variance is positive and the number of clusters is large.
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2011
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Authors: | Broström, Göran ; Holmberg, Henrik |
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Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-9473. - Vol. 55.2011, 12, p. 3123-3134
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | Bernoulli distribution Gauss-Hermite quadrature Laplace approximation Implicit derivation Profiling Poisson distribution |
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