Variance Components Testing in the Longitudinal Mixed Effects ModelAuthor(s): Daniel O. Stram and Jae Won LeeSource: Biometrics, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 1171-1177Published by: International Biometric SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2533455Accessed: 13/02/2009 10:10

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Issue Table of ContentsBiometrics, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. i-iv+899-1240+v-xxivVolume Information [pp.vii-xxiv]Front Matter [pp.i-iv]Presidential Invited AddressThe World of Biometry [pp.899-916]

A General Cohort Analysis Method [pp.917-932]A Random-Effects Ordinal Regression Model for Multilevel Analysis [pp.933-944]An Application of Maximum Likelihood and Generalized Estimating Equations to the Analysis of Ordinal Data from a Longitudinal Study with Cases Missing at Random [pp.945-953]A Parametric Model for Cluster Correlated Categorical Data [pp.954-963]Exact Analysis for Paired Binary Data [pp.964-974]Multivariate Survival Analysis Using Piecewise Gamma Frailty [pp.975-988]Iterative Generalized Least Squares for Meta-Analysis of Survival Data at Multiple Times [pp.989-1002]Modelling Progression of CD4-Lymphocyte Count and Its Relationship to Survival Time [pp.1003-1014]A Nonparametric Analysis of the Transmission Rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus from Mother to Infant [pp.1015-1028]Evaluation of Experiments with Adaptive Interim Analyses [pp.1029-1041]Exact Permutational Tests for Group Sequential Clinical Trials [pp.1042-1053]The Use of Logistic Models for the Analysis of Codon Frequencies of DNA Sequences in Terms of Explanatory Variables [pp.1054-1063]Robust Variance Estimation for the Case-Cohort Design [pp.1064-1072]Segregation Analysis of Case-Control Data Using Generalized Estimating Equations [pp.1073-1087]Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication Bias [pp.1088-1101]Causal Nonresponse Models for Repeated Categorical Measurements [pp.1102-1116]Influence Diagnostics for Generalized Linear Measurement Error Models [pp.1117-1128]Pooled Population Parameter Estimates from Mark-Recapture Data [pp.1129-1141]Shorter CommunicationsOn Inconsistency of Breslow's Estimator as an Estimator of the Hazard Rate in the Cox Model [pp.1142-1145]Guidelines for Monitoring Efficacy and Toxicity Responses in Clinical Trials [pp.1146-1152]On a Truncation-Flexible Repeated Significance Test [pp.1153-1157]On the Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic for the Number of Components in a Normal Mixture with Unequal Variances [pp.1158-1162]A Note on the Bias of Estimators with Missing Data [pp.1163-1170]Variance Components Testing in the Longitudinal Mixed Effects Model [pp.1171-1177]

The Consultant's ForumHeterogeneity Models of Disease Susceptibility, with Application to Diabetic Nephropathy [pp.1178-1188]Testing for Segregation Distortion in the HLA Complex [pp.1189-1198]Statistical Analysis of Food Webs [pp.1199-1202]Regression Analysis of Censored and Truncated Data: Estimating Reporting- Delay Distributions and AIDS Incidence from Surveillance Data [pp.1203-1214]A Cautionary Note on Applying Scores in Stratified Data [pp.1215-1218]

CorrespondenceCapture-Recapture Estimation with Known Sex Ratio [pp.1219-1223]

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Papers to be Published in Biometrics [p.1238]Back Matter [pp.1239-v]