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标题：The Effects of Covariance Structures on Modelling of Longitudinal Data
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作者：Yin Chen ; Yu Fei ; Jianxin Pan 等
期刊名称：Open Access Library Journal
印刷版ISSN：2333-9705
电子版ISSN：2333-9721
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：10
页码：1-10
DOI：10.4236/oalib.1102086
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Pub
摘要：Extending the general linear model to the linear mixed model takes into account the within-subject correlation between observations with introduction of random effects. Fixed covariance structures of random error and random effect are assumed in linear mixed models. However, a potential risk of model selection still exists. That is, if the specified structure is not appropriate to real data, we cannot make correct statistical inferences. Joint modelling method removes all specifications about covariance structures and comes over the above risk. It simply models covariance structures just like modelling the mean structures in the general linear model. Our conclusions include: a) The estimators of fixed effects parameters are similar, that is, the expected mean values of response variables are similar. b) The standard deviations from different models are obviously different, which indicates that the width of confidence interval is evidently different. c) Through comparing the AIC or BIC value, we conclude that the data-driven mean-covariance regression model can fit data much better and result in more precise and reliable statistical inferences.
关键词：Linear Mixed ModelsCorrelated Random EffectsMean-Covariance ModelingLongitudinal Data