Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximal

2013/01/03 by Dale J. Barr, Roger Levy, Roger Lévy +3 · 1 voice · 274 citations
Decision Sciences · Mathematics · #Advanced Statistical Methods and Models #Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring #Forecasting Techniques and Applications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jml.2012.11.001

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