Medical researchers may be interested in disease processes that are not
directly observable. Imperfect diagnostic tests may be used repeatedly to
monitor the condition of a patient in the absence of a gold standard. We
consider parameter identifiability and estimability in a Markov model for
alternating binary longitudinal responses that may be misclassified. Exactly
two distinct sets of parameter values are shown to generate the distribution
for the data in a common situation and we propose a restriction to
distinguishes the two. Even with the restriction, parameters may not be
estimable. Issues of sampling and correct model specification are discussed.
Rosychuk,R. J. and Thompson,&. E. (2022). Parameter Identifiability Issues in a Latent Ma- rkov Model for Misclassified Binary Responses. Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society, 3(1), 39-57.
MLA
Rosychuk,R. J. , and Thompson,&. E. . "Parameter Identifiability Issues in a Latent Ma- rkov Model for Misclassified Binary Responses", Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society, 3, 1, 2022, 39-57.
HARVARD
Rosychuk R. J., Thompson &. E. (2022). 'Parameter Identifiability Issues in a Latent Ma- rkov Model for Misclassified Binary Responses', Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society, 3(1), pp. 39-57.
CHICAGO
R. J. Rosychuk and &. E. Thompson, "Parameter Identifiability Issues in a Latent Ma- rkov Model for Misclassified Binary Responses," Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society, 3 1 (2022): 39-57,
VANCOUVER
Rosychuk R. J., Thompson &. E. Parameter Identifiability Issues in a Latent Ma- rkov Model for Misclassified Binary Responses. JIRSS, 2022; 3(1): 39-57.
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