murder

Subjects responded to the question 'Within the past 12 months, how many people have you known personally that were victims of homicide?'

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Approximates the likelihood of a generalized linear mixed model using Monte Carlo likelihood approximation. Then maximizes the likelihood approximation to return maximum likelihood estimates, observed Fisher information, and other model information.

Christina Knudson

glmm

Generalized Linear Mixed Models via Monte Carlo Likelihood
Approximation

Charles J. Geyer

Sydney Benson

murder function

A data frame with the following columns:
<dl>
 <dt>y</dt>
<dd>The number of homicide victims known personally by the subject.</dd> <dt>race</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>black</code> and <code>white</code>.</dd> <dt>black</dt>
<dd>a dummy variable to indicate whether the subject was black.</dd><dt>white</dt>
<dd>a dummy variable to indicate whether the subject was white.</dd>
</dl>

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Number of Homicide Victims Known — murder

A data frame with the following columns:
<dl>
 <dt>y</dt>
<dd>The number of homicide victims known personally by the subject.</dd>

 <dt>race</dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>black</code> and <code>white</code>.</dd>

 <dt>black</dt>
<dd>a dummy variable to indicate whether the subject was black.</dd>

<dt>white</dt>
<dd>a dummy variable to indicate whether the subject was white.</dd>


</dl>

murder: Number of Homicide Victims Known

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