Pooling Designs for Outcomes under a Gaussian Random Effects Model - Malinovsky, Yaakov; Albert, Paul S.; Schisterman, Enrique F. (Biometrics, 2012)
Keywords: Bioassays; Biological markers; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; BIOMETRIC METHODOLOGY; Biometrics; biometry; correlation; Covariance structure; Design analysis; Design efficiency; Design evaluation; epidemiological studies; Epidemiology; Estimators; F2-Isoprostanes - blood; Female; Humans; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Likelihood Functions; longitudinal studies; Maximum likelihood estimation; Maximum likelihood method; Menstrual Cycle - blood; Modeling; Normal Distribution; Outcome Assessment, Health Care - methods; Oxidative stress; Pooling; Premenopause; Random effects model; Statistical variance; Stress, Psychological - blood; Stress, Psychological - diagnosis; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Treatment Outcome; variance; women