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ArticleJournal of applied statistics2026

Addressing outliers in mixed-effects logistic regression: a more robust modeling approach.

Divan A Burger, Sean van der Merwe, Emmanuel Lesaffre

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Article in Journal of applied statistics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Divan A BurgerSyneos Health, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8096-6371
Sean van der MerweDepartment of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8623-8639
Emmanuel LesaffreI-BioStat, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-6905

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study introduces an outlier-robust model for analyzing hierarchically structured bounded count data within a Bayesian framework, utilizing a logistic regression approach implemented in JAGS. Our model incorporates a

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Bayesian frameworkBinomial-logit-tbounded count datamedian regressionoutlier-robust modelingoverdispersion

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PMID41938196
PMCPMC13045181

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