RE: Estimates for Random effects
Dear Shankar,
Please find the variance of a lognormal distribution at the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-normal_distribution. In the variance formula,
the mu is set to zero.
Jean
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Shankar Lanke
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NMusers] Estimates for Random effects
Dear All,
I am going through NONMEM manual 5 and I came across How to obtain initial
estimates for omega and sigma
In chapter 9 they mentioned the additive and ccv model but not about Log Normal
model.
For Additive
y =f +e
sigmay = sigma e= rt (r*t is the fraction of its typical value or mean*
typical value)
var(e) =se^2=(rt )^2 = (r*t) ^2
For CCV
y =f +f e
sy =f *se=r*t
var(e)=se^2= (rt)^ 2 /f^2
but if we identify t with the value of f (whatever it may be), we have
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then
Var(e) = r^2 i.e the fraction of its typical value
How we have to estimate for Log normal model.
Thank you very much in advance for your feed back.
Regards,
Shankar Lanke Ph.D.
University at Buffalo
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