Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Statistical Methodology), Vol. 80, No. 4 (2018), pp. 817-836 (20 pages) The problem of misspecification poses challenges in model selection. The ...

It is traditionally assumed that the random effects in mixed models follow a multivariate normal distribution, making likelihood-based inferences more feasible theoretically and computationally.

Keywords: Statistical analyses. Regression models. Post-earthquake ignitions. Data analyses. California. Ground shaking. Generalized linear mixed models. Goodness-of-fit analyses. Census tracts. Fire ...