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As professors we´re mindful of the fact that our phenomenal professional accomplishments take the strongest root if we possess an equally phenomenal human qualities-of integrity and collegiality, intelligence and compassion, humility and high standards, commitment and consistency, openness and warmth. This are what I want to share with you as you read this book, you will gain the statistical knowledge behind joint modeling of clustered data through osmosis.

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Atem, Folefac
Dr. Atem works in the department of Biostatistics and Data Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston and the department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Atem is a data scientist with broad interests in study design and statistical analyses.

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