@article{article_437691, title={A marginalized multilevel random effects model for longitudinal semi-continuous data}, journal={İstatistikçiler Dergisi:İstatistik ve Aktüerya}, volume={11}, pages={23–31}, year={2018}, author={İnan, Gül}, keywords={Augmented zeros,correlated random effects,marginalized models}, abstract={<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: ’Times New Roman’;"> <b>I </b>n this study, we proposed a marginalized multilevel random effects model for analysis of longitudinal semi-continuous data. We investigated the performance of the proposed model through a </span> <st1:place> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:TR;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Monte Carlo </span> </st1:place> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: ’Times New Roman’;"> simulation study under scenarios. <i> </i>The results of the simulation study showed that the proposed model has some </span> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: ’Times New Roman’;">favourable </span> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: ’Times New Roman’;"> <span lang="EN-US">statistical properties. </span> </span>}, number={1}, publisher={Aktüerya Derneği}