Generalized Estimating Equations in Longitudinal Data Analysis: A Review and Recent Developments

Table 4

Simulation for longitudinal data with AR-1 correlation matrix with .

		Criterion	Selection frequencies of “working” correlation structure
			IND	EXCH	AR-1	IND	EXCH	AR-1
			Normal			Binary
4	50	QIC	91	166	743	66	170	764
		RJ	712	142	146	925	12	63
		RJ1	0	478	522	7	505	488
		RJ2	0	466	534	20	499	481
		SC	0	480	520	220	350	430
		GP	0	543	457	303	332	365
	100	QIC	25	116	859	7	122	871
		RJ	770	95	135	972	4	24
		RJ1	0	475	525	1	569	430
		RJ2	0	481	519	5	571	424
		SC	0	491	509	237	371	392
		GP	0	540	460	290	353	357
8	50	QIC	50	88	862	44	77	879
		RJ	646	148	206	934	5	61
		RJ1	0	445	555	0	535	465
		RJ2	0	443	557	10	535	455
		SC	0	467	533	168	397	435
		GP	0	549	451	269	406	325
	100	QIC	16	39	945	7	33	960
		RJ	648	154	198	972	0	28
		RJ1	0	455	545	1	603	396
		RJ2	0	455	545	1	609	390
		SC	0	480	520	177	458	365
		GP	0	532	468	247	457	296