Estimation of correlations between truncated continuous and polytomous variables.

• Other Authors: Lui, Wai-chung.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1994
• Subjects: Random variables; Correlation (Statistics)
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888182; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-318237

by Wai-chung Lui. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-82). === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Estimation of the model with one truncated continuous variable and one polytomous variable --- p.6 === Chapter §2.1 --- The model === Chapter § 2.2 --- Likelihood function of the model === Chapter § 2.3 --- Derivatives of F (θ） === Chapter § 2.4 --- Asymptotic properties of the model === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Estimation of the model with one truncated continuous variable and several polytomous variables --- p.22 === Chapter § 3.1 --- The model === Chapter § 3.2 --- Partition Maximum Likelihood (PML) estimation === Chapter § 3.3 --- Asymptotic properties of the PML estimates === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Optimization procedures and Simulation study --- p.43 === Chapter § 4.1 --- Optimization procedures === Chapter § 4.2 --- Simulation study === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.54 === Tables --- p.56 === References --- p.76