Discrete density function, 20–21, 255
Discrete variable, 18
Discrete-time hazard model, 430–442
Discrete-time survival model, 384
Discrimination, of categories of y, 297
Discriminatory power, see also Coefficient of
determination; R
2
defined, 7
in censored regression, 328
in competing risks model, 421–422
in count-data models, 358–360, 363
in Cox model, 410–411
in logistic regression, 271–276, 293–294
in MULR, 80, 85, 88, 90, 174, 187–188
in NBRM, 369–370
in selection models, 343
in SLR, 52–57
in logy model, 186
in multinomial models, 307–308
in ZIP model, 374
vs. empirical consistency, 69
Disordinal interaction, see Interaction, disordinal
Distribution function, 20, 253–254, 260–262,
387, 413. See also Density function
Distributive property, 448, 482
Disturbance, 3, 43, 84–85
Disturbance variance, see Error variance(s)
Domain size, 353
Domain, of observation, 349
Dummy variable(s), 2, 43, 86, 127
coding, 78, 127–131
coefficient(s), 140, 289
exact linear combination of, 128–129
model, for departure from linearity, 173
naming convention, 128
Duration of risk, 384–385
Effect coding, 131–133, 139, 141
Effect estimators, 24
Effect size, 118
Efficiency, see Asymptotic efficiency
Eigenvalue(s), 224–231, 233, 240–241, 485–486
Eigenvector(s), 224–225, 227–228, 240, 485–486
Elasticity, 91–92
Empirical consistency
defined, 7
in count-data models, 357–358
in Cox model, 411
in logistic regression, 269–270, 293
in MULR, 112–118
in multinomial logistic regression, 307
in SLR, 54, 63–69
Episode, 384
Equal error variance assumption, see Error
variance(s)
Equality, of coefficients, test for, see Coefficient
differences, test for
Equality, of matrices, 476
Equality, of vectors, 476
Equation disturbance, see Disturbance
Equation error, see Disturbance
Equation parameters, see Parameter(s)
Equidispersion, 350, 360–361. See also
Overdispersion
Error variance(s), 84, 127, 148–149, 153–154, 205
Error-variance homogeneity, 208–209
Essential ill-conditioning, 109
Essentially nonlinear model, 164–165, 184
Estimation, see also Maximum likelihood
estimation; Ordinary least squares (OLS);
Partial likelihood estimation
of censored regression model under alternative
distributions, 327
of hazard function, interval-censored Cox
model, 438
of sample selection model, 335–336
of standard error of sample intercept in SLR, 61
of standard error of sample slope in SLR, 58
of survival function, interval-censored Cox
model, 438–439
Event, defined, 383
Event, nonrepeatable, defined, 384
Event count, defined, 349
Event history analysis, defined, 382
Event indicator, 433–434, 442
Event occurrence, rate of, 353–378
Exact linear dependence, 224, 230
Exact linear function, 43
Exactly identified model, see Just-identified
model
Exogenous selection, 336
Expectation, 25–26, 44
Expected value, 3, 61, 486–488, 492
Explained risk, 274–275
Explained variance, see Coefficient of
determination; Discriminatory power; R
2
Explanatory variable, 39
Exponential
AFT model, 393–397
density, 22, 30–31, 386–387, 392–393
family of density functions, 5–6
function for mean of event count, 353–378
function for squared errors in WLS, 206
hazard model, 438
model with additive error term, 164, 185
model with multiplicative error term, 164, 185
survival function, 387, 392–393
Exponents, 451–452
Exposure, 353, 363, 377
Externally studentized residuals, 220–221
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