Cluster adjusted regression for displaced subject data (CARDS): Marginal inference under potentially informative temporal cluster size profiles

• Published in: Biometrics Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 441 - 451
• Main Authors: Bible, Joe, Beck, James D., Datta, Somnath
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2016; International Biometric Society
• Subjects: BIOMETRIC METHODOLOGY; biometry; Cluster Analysis; Cluster weighted generalized estimating equations; Computer Simulation; data collection; equations; Humans; Informative cluster size; Longitudinal Studies; Models, Statistical; Periodontics; probability; Property & casualty insurance; Regression Analysis; teeth; Temporally varying cluster size; Tooth; Cluster weighted generalized estimating equations; Temporally varying cluster size; Informative cluster size

Ignorance of the mechanisms responsible for the availability of information presents an unusual problem for analysts. It is often the case that the availability of information is dependent on the outcome. In the analysis of cluster data we say that a condition for informative cluster size (ICS) exis...