Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Probit-Linear Mixed Models with Correlated Random Effects

Biometrics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. K. Chan ◽  
Anthony Y. C. Kuk
2009 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
HONGJIE WEI ◽  
WENZHUAN ZHANG

Longitudinal continuous proportional data is common in many fields such as biomedical research, psychological research and so on. As shown in [16], such data can be fitted with simplex models. Based on the original models of [16] which assumed a fixed effect for every subject, this paper extends the models by adding random effects and proposes simplex distribution nonlinear mixed models which are one kind of nonlinear reproductive dispersion mixed models. By treating the random effects in the models as hypothetical missing data and applying Metropolis–Hastings (M–H) algorithm, this paper develops an EM algorithm with Markov chain Monte–Carlo method for maximum likelihood estimation in the models. The method is illustrated with the same data from an ophthalmology study on the use of intraocular gas in retinal surgeries in [16] for ease of comparison.


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