Review of inference procedures for the interclass correlation coefficient with emphasis on applications to family studies.
Recent theory and methodology for inferences concerning the interclass correlation coefficient are reviewed, focusing on the case of a single individual in one class and a variable number of individuals in the other. Topics discussed include point and interval estimation, as well as significance-testing, with emphasis on application to data arising from family studies.
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
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Shoukri
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D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010375:Pedigree; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric