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Taban Baghfalaki, , , ,
Volume 25, Issue 2 (3-2021)
Abstract
In analyzing longitudinal data with counted responses, normal distribution is usually used for distribution of the random efffects. However, in some applications random effects may not be normally distributed. Misspecification of this distribution may cause reduction of efficiency of estimators. In this paper, a generalized log-gamma distribution is used for the random effects which includes the normal one as a special case. As the frquentist analysis faces with complex computation, the Bayesian analysis of this model is investigated and then it is utilized for analyzing two real data sets. Also, some simulation studies are conducted to evaluate the performance of the relevant models.
Taban Baghfalaki, Parvaneh Mehdizadeh, Mahdy Esmailian,
Volume 26, Issue 1 (12-2021)
Abstract
Joint models use in follow-up studies to investigate the relationship between longitudinal markers and survival outcomes
and have been generalized to multiple markers or competing risks data. Many statistical achievements in the field of joint
modeling focuse on shared random effects models which include characteristics of longitudinal markers as explanatory variables
in the survival model. A less-known approach is the joint latent class model, assuming that a latent class structure
fully captures the relationship between the longitudinal marker and the event risk. The latent class model may be appropriate
because of the flexibility in modeling the relationship between the longitudinal marker and the time of event, as well as the
ability to include explanatory variables, especially for predictive problems. In this paper, we provide an overview of the joint
latent class model and its generalizations. In this regard, first a review of the discussed models is introduced and then the
estimation of the model parameters is discussed. In the application section, two real data sets are analyzed.
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