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"First edition published in 2006." 1. Introduction -- What are linear mixed models (LMMs)? -- Models with random effects for clustered data -- Models for longitudinal or repeated-measures data -- A ...

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Machine learning for health data science, fuelled by proliferation of data and reduced computational costs, has garnered ...

Many response variables are handled poorly by regression models when the errors are assumed to be normally distributed. For example, modeling the state damaged/not damaged of cells after treated with ...

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What This Book Is Not About ...