[R-sig-ME] [Fwd: effective sample size]

[Rafael Maia]

Could somebody possibly send me a copy of the pdf? I don't have access to that journal at this time...

thanks!


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Rafael Maia
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On Nov 17, 2009, at 11:10 AM, David Atkins wrote:

> 
> This was just posted to the multilevel listserv, and I have taken a very quick glance.  It appears to offer an alternative form for estimating degrees of freedom.  It's focused on longitudinal data, and I have not looked closely enough to see whether it would be more generally applicable to mixed-models (multilevel, nested, crossed, etc.) or whether it would "scale up" for larger problems.
> 
> Given all the hoo-hah around dfs, thought I would at least kick it out to the group.
> 
> cheers, Dave
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: effective sample size
> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:12:47 -0600
> From: Stas Kolenikov <skolenik at GMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: Multilevel modelling discussion list <MULTILEVEL at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> To: MULTILEVEL at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> 
> The recent issue of The American Statistician contains a pretty neat
> paper on the effective sample size and degrees of freedom in
> longitudinal studies: see
> http://www.citeulike.org/user/ctacmo/article/6129798. Highly
> recommended; there aren't that many people who understand longitudinal
> data as well as the Geert duo.
> 
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