Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Intraclass Correlation in the Analysis of Familial Data: Estimating Equation Approach
提出一个广义模型来估计家庭数据中的组内相关性，该模型包含多个已有模型作为特例，并推导出最大似然估计的单一估计方程，同时给出渐近方差和实例。
We introduce a generalized model for estimating intraclass correlation in the analysis of familial data. This model incorporates the models of Donner & Koval (1980), Donner & Bull (1983), Rosner (1984) and Münoz, Rosner & Carey (1986) as special cases. We then obtain the maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of the model. In particular we obtain a single estimating equation, to be solved iteratively, for the estimation of the intraclass correlation p and discuss all the special cases. Asymptotic variance for the estimate of the intraclass correlation is obtained for all the models and some examples are given.