Author : Andreas Ziegler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461404991
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Book Synopsis Generalized Estimating Equations by : Andreas Ziegler
Download or read book Generalized Estimating Equations written by Andreas Ziegler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generalized estimating equations have become increasingly popular in biometrical, econometrical, and psychometrical applications because they overcome the classical assumptions of statistics, i.e. independence and normality, which are too restrictive for many problems. Therefore, the main goal of this book is to give a systematic presentation of the original generalized estimating equations (GEE) and some of its further developments. Subsequently, the emphasis is put on the unification of various GEE approaches. This is done by the use of two different estimation techniques, the pseudo maximum likelihood (PML) method and the generalized method of moments (GMM). The author details the statistical foundation of the GEE approach using more general estimation techniques. The book could therefore be used as basis for a course to graduate students in statistics, biostatistics, or econometrics, and will be useful to practitioners in the same fields.