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1、PeterX.-K.SongCorrelatedDataAnalysis:Modeling,Analytics,andApplicationsPeterX.-K.SongDepartmentofStatisticsandActuarialScienceUniversityofWaterloo200UniversityAvenueWestWaterloo,Ontario,CanadaN2L3G1song@uwaterloo.caLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2007929730ISBN97
2、8-0-387-71392-2e-ISBN978-0-387-71393-9Printedonacid-freepaper.©2007SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLCAllrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC,233SpringStreet,New
3、York,NY10013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theusein
4、thispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarks,andsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.987654321springer.comToRuandAngelaPrefaceThisbook,likemanyotherbooks,wasdel
5、iveredundertremendousinspirationandencouragementfrommyteachers,researchcollaborators,andstudents.MyinterestinlongitudinaldataanalysisbeganwithashortcoursetaughtjointlybyK.Y.LiangandS.L.ZegerattheStatisticalSocietyofCanadaConferenceinAcadiaUniversity,NovaScotia,i
6、nthespringof1993.Atthattime,Iwasafirst-yearPhDstudentintheDepartmentofStatisticsattheUniversityofBritishColumbia,andwaseagerlyseekingpotentialtopicsformyPhDdissertation.Itwasmycuriosity(drivenlargelybymyterriblecon-fusion)withthegeneralizedestimatingequations(GEE
7、s)introducedintheshortcoursethatattractedmetothefieldofcorrelateddataanalysis.Ihopethatmyexperienceinlearningaboutithasenabledmetomakethisbookanenjoyableintellectualjourneyfornewresearchersenteringthefield.Thus,thebookaimsatgraduatestudentsandmethodologyresearcher
8、sinstatis-ticsorbiostatisticswhoareinterestedinlearningthetheoryandmethodsofcorrelateddataanalysis.Ihaveattemptedtogiveasystematicaccountofregressionmodelsandtheirapp
