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  • Statistics
  • Biostatistics
  • Functional Data Analysis

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  • Longitudinal studies often involve correlated binary outcomes.
  • Analyzing multilevel binary data requires specialized statistical methods.
  • Existing models may not adequately capture within- and between-variability in longitudinal data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a new methodology for analyzing correlated multilevel binary data longitudinally.
  • To compare linear and exponential approximations of the logistic link function.
  • To address challenges in estimating model components without mixed-effects modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Logistic functional regression model.
  • Conditioning on three latent processes for variability and cross-dependence.
  • Approximation of the logistic link function (linear and exponential).
  • Estimation without mixed-effects modeling.

Main Results:

  • The linear approximation offers computational efficiency.
  • The exponential approximation is suitable for rare events functional data.
  • The proposed methods are demonstrated using light detection and ranging (LIDAR) spectral backscatter data.

Conclusions:

  • The developed methodology provides a flexible framework for analyzing correlated binary functional data.
  • The choice between linear and exponential approximations depends on data characteristics (e.g., rare events).
  • The models are applicable to diverse binary functional datasets with or without dependence.