title: A homogeneity test for follow-up studies.
abstract: A statistical method is presented for detecting random variation in the transition probabilities of certain simple, discrete-time Markov chains that have been found useful for modelling follow-up studies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York City, New York 10032.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wallenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008390:Markov Chains; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013223:Statistics as Topic