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+# QRVSdata
+Data and code for the paper "Mixed Effect Modeling and Variable Selection for Quantile Regression" (Bar, Booth, and Wells)
+ERdat2006.RData is the data file for the Emergency Department length of visit analysis
+ERwithBootstrap.R is the code to analyze the ED data (fixed- and random effect models)
+TCGAlung.RData is the data for the analysis of the lung cancer example
+tcgaagedx.R is the code to run QR for the lung cancer data (q=0.15, 0.5, 0.85)
+riboflavin1.csv is the data for the QR analysis of the production rate of vitamin B2
+B12quartiles.RData contains the results from the QR analysis of the three quartiles
+QREMVSB12.R is used to analyze the riboflavin data
+plotB12gm.R is used to generate the graphical model for the riboflavin data
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