Topics to be covered include:

Chapter 1: Estimation of Variance Components for Unbalanced Models.

Chapter 2: Measures of Data Imbalance.

A Method for Determining The Effect of Imbalance on Parameter Estimation.

Chapter 3: Exact Tests Concerning Unbalanced Random Two-Way

Models.

Chapter 4: Exact Tests Concerning Unbalanced Random Models

With Unequal Cell Frequencies in the Last Stage.

Chapter 5: Comparison of Designs for Random Models.

Chapter 6: Tests for Variance Components Using Generalized

P-Values.

Chapter 7: An Introduction to Generalized Linear Mixed Models.

Text:

Notes to be purchased from Target Copy. A portion of the notes is based on the book Statistical Tests for Mixed Linear Models, by Andre I. Khuri, Thomas Mathew, and Bimal Sinha. Wiley, Inc., 1998.