Likelihood inference for correlated binary data without any information about the joint distributions |
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Authors: | Tsung-Shan Tsou Wei-Cheng Hsiao |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Statistics, Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan;2. Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | We propose a universal robust likelihood that is able to accommodate correlated binary data without any information about the underlying joint distributions. This likelihood function is asymptotically valid for the regression parameter for any underlying correlation configurations, including varying under- or over-dispersion situations, which undermines one of the regularity conditions ensuring the validity of crucial large sample theories. This robust likelihood procedure can be easily implemented by using any statistical software that provides naïve and sandwich covariance matrices for regression parameter estimates. Simulations and real data analyses are used to demonstrate the efficacy of this parametric robust method. |
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Keywords: | Correlated binary data Binomial model Logistic regression Robust likelihood Model misspecification |
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