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A Copula-Based GLMM Model for Multivariate Longitudinal Data with Mixed-Types of Responses

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  • Weiping Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • MengMeng Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yu Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

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We propose a copula-based generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to jointly analyze multivariate longitudinal data with mixed types, including continuous, count and binary responses. The association of repeated measurements is modelled through the GLMM model, meanwhile a pair-copula construction (D-vine) is adopted to measure the dependency structure between different responses. By combining mixed models and D-vine copulas, our proposed approach could not only deal with unbalanced data with arbitrary margins but also handle moderate dimensional problems due to the efficiency and flexibility of D-vines. Based on D-vine copulas, algorithms for sampling mixed data and computing likelihood are also developed. Leaving the random effects distribution unspecified, we use nonparametric maximum likelihood for model fitting. Then an E-M algorithm is used to obtain the maximum likelihood estimates of parameters. Both simulations and real data analysis show that the nonparametric models are more efficient and flexible than the parametric models.

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  • Weiping Zhang & MengMeng Zhang & Yu Chen, 2020. "A Copula-Based GLMM Model for Multivariate Longitudinal Data with Mixed-Types of Responses," Sankhya B: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Springer;Indian Statistical Institute, vol. 82(2), pages 353-379, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sankhb:v:82:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s13571-019-00197-8
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