| Authors: | David Firth |
| Title: | [download] (5764)Bradley-Terry Models in R |
| Reference: | Vol. 12, Issue 1, Jan 2005 Submitted 2004-01-26, Accepted 2005-01-07 |
| Type: | Article |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the R add-on package BradleyTerry, which facilitates the specification and fitting of Bradley-Terry logit models to pair-comparison data. Included are the standard "unstructured" Bradley-Terry model, structured versions in which the parameters are related through a linear predictor to explanatory variables, and the possibility of an order or "home advantage" effect. Model fitting is either by maximum likelihood or by bias-reduced maximum likelihood in which the first-order asymptotic bias of parameter estimates is eliminated. Also provided are a simple and efficient approach to handling missing covariate data, and suitably-defined residuals for diagnostic checking of the linear predictor; these are new methodological contributions which will be discussed in greater detail elsewhere. |
| Paper: | [download] (5764)Bradley-Terry Models in R (application/pdf, 193.5 KB) |
| Resources: | BibTeX | OAI |
