Various design effect type weight-scaling factors are used in these conditional posteriors to achieve design consistent asymptotic mean vectors and covariance matrices for the fixed and random effects. Proper inverse Wishart priors are used for the random effect covariance matrices. Your registration fee can be paid at the door. The Biostatistics Research Group of University of Alberta is pleased to announce that there will be several travel supplements awarded to students presenting at the Statistics in Health Conference in Edmonton, June 11-13, 2000. All students who present contributed papers are eligible to apply.
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