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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2383-4196</Issn>
      <Volume>1</Volume>
      <Issue>3/4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>19</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Bayesian  Analysis  of  Non-normal  and  Non-independent  Mixed  Model  UsingSkew-Normal/Independent Distributions</title>
    <FirstPage>112</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>120</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Gholami-Fesharaki</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Anoshiravan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kazemnejad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The &#xA0;main &#xA0;assumptions &#xA0;in &#xA0;liner &#xA0;mixed &#xA0;model &#xA0;are normality &#xA0;and &#xA0;independency &#xA0;of&#xA0; random &#xA0;effect component.&#xA0; &#xA0;Unfortunately,&#xA0; &#xA0;these&#xA0;&#xA0; two &#xA0;assumptions&#xA0; &#xA0;might&#xA0; &#xA0;be &#xA0;unrealistic&#xA0; &#xA0;in &#xA0;some&#xA0;&#xA0; situations. Therefore, in this paper, we will discuss about the analysis of Bayesian analysis of non-normal and non-independent mixed model using skew-normal/independent distributions, and finally, this methodology is illustrated through an application&#xA0; to a triglyceride data from Isfahan&#x2019;s Mobarakeh Steel Company Cohort Study.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/7</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/download/7/31</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
