Overview of multinomial models for ordinal data

The purpose of this paper is to relate a number of multinomial models currently in use for ordinal response data in a unified manner. By studying generalized logit models, proportional generalized odds ratio models and proportional generalized hazard models under different parameterizations, we conclude that there are only four different models and they can be specified genericaUy in a uniform way. These four models all possess the same stochastic ordering property and we compare them graphically in a simple case. Data from the NHLBI TYPE II study (Brensike et al (1984)) is used to illustrate these models. We show that the BMDP programs LE and PR can be employed in computing maximum likelihood estimators for these four models.

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