Joint modeling is intended to model longitudinal response process that affect the other primary response based on assumption that both processes induced by the same random effects. One of the assumptions that must be met in joint modeling is normality of random effects and intra-subject error. The simulation results show that the robustness of parameter estimates of joint model to the assumption of random effects normality can be achieved by increasing the frequency of longitudinal observations. Keywords: longitudinal data, joint modeling, robust
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