title: Combined maximum likelihood estimates for the equicorrelation coefficient.
abstract: Combined maximum likelihood estimates for equicorrelation covariance matrices are considered. The case of a common equicorrelation rho and possibly different standard deviations sigma 1, ..., sigma k among k experimental groups is examined first, and the estimation of (rho, sigma 1, ..., sigma k) is discussed. Second, under the assumption of a common standard deviation and possibly different equicorrelations, the estimation of (rho 1, ..., rho k, sigma) is considered. In each case, maximum likelihood solutions and corresponding large-sample variances are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612-7243.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Viana
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011336:Probability