me.variance.estimate function

Estimates measurement error variance given replicate data.

Estimates measurement error variance given replicate data using a simple components of variance analysis.

me.variance.estimate(replicates)

Arguments

• replicates: matrix of data where each row indicates a subject and each column is a replicated measurement; columns can have NAs when subjects have different numbers of measurements.

Details

Estimates measurement error variance given replicate data using a simple components of variance analysis.

Returns

estimate of measurement error variance

References

Carroll, R. J., Ruppert, D., Crainiceanu, C. M., and Stefanski, L. A. (2006). Measurement error in nonlinear models: a modern perspective. Chapman and Hall/CRC.

Parast, L., Garcia, T. P., Prentice, R. L., & Carroll, R. J. (2022). Robust methods to correct for measurement error when evaluating a surrogate marker. Biometrics, 78(1), 9-23.

Author(s)

Layla Parast