Separating Two Sources of Dependence in Repeated Influenza Outbreaks
重复流感暴发中两种依赖来源的分离
Two or more responses measured on a randomly selected individual can be dependent for two quite different reasons. In the first place they can be dependent within, that is conditional upon, each individual. Secondly, dependence is created simply from the heterogeneity between individuals. This paper addresses a rare instance of being able to measure separately the dependence from the two sources. The data comprise frequencies of the infection profiles for a sample of…