A Latent Mixture Approach to Modeling Zero-Inflated Bivariate Ordinal Data

Multivariate ordinal response data, such as severity of pain, degree of disability, and satisfaction with a healthcare provider, are prevalent in many areas of research including public health, biomedical, and social science research. Ignoring the multivariate features of the response variables, tha...

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Main Author: Kadel, Rajendra
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4701
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5898&context=etd