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D-Vine Pair-Copula Models For Longitudinal Binary Data, Huihui Lin
D-Vine Pair-Copula Models For Longitudinal Binary Data, Huihui Lin
Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations
Dependent longitudinal binary data are prevalent in a wide range of scientific disciplines, including healthcare and medicine. A popular method for analyzing such data is the multivariate probit (MP) model. The motivation for this dissertation stems from the fact that the MP model fails even the binary correlations are within the feasible range. The reason being the underlying correlation matrix of the latent variables in the MP model may not be positive definite. In this dissertation, we study alternatives that are based on D-vine pair-copula models. We consider both the serial dependence modeled by the first order autoregressive (AR(1)) and …
Estimation Of Parameters In Replicated Time Series Regression Models, Genming Shi
Estimation Of Parameters In Replicated Time Series Regression Models, Genming Shi
Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations
The time series regression model was widely studied in the literature by several authors. However, statistical analysis of replicated time series regression models has received little attention. In this thesis, we study the application of quasi-least squares, a relatively new method, to estimate the parameters in replicated time series models with general ARMA( p, q) correlation structure. We also study several established methods for estimating the parameters in those models, including the maximum likelihood, method of moments, and the GEE method. Asymptotic comparisons of the methods are made bV fixing the number of repeated measurements in each series, and …