Overdispersion: Models and estimation

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-170

  Hinde, John ^a   Demétrio, Clarice G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta binomial; Binomial; Generalized linear models; Negative binomial; Overdispersion; Poisson

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OVERDISPERSION;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 0032478437     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(98)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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