Exploiting a matrix identity in the computation of the efficient score test for overdispersion in the Poisson regression model

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Moffatt, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Count data; Overdispersion test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031566912     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(96)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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