Analysis of Clustered and Longitudinal Binary Data Subject to Response Misclassification

Misclassified clustered and longitudinal data arise in studies where the response indicates a condition identified through an imperfect diagnostic procedure. Examples include longitudinal studies that use an imperfect diagnostic test to assess whether or not an individual has been infected with a specific virus. This article presents methods to implement both population-averaged and cluster-specific analyses of such data when the misclassification rates are known. The methods exploit the fact that the class of generalized linear models enjoys a closure property in the case of misclassified responses. Data from longitudinal studies of infectious disease will illustrate the findings.

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