Likelihood-based modeling and analysis of data underdispersed relative to the Poisson distribution

Biometrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 620-624

  Faddy, M J ^a,b   Bosch, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov counting process; Quality assurance comparisons; Toxicological response experiments; Underdispersion

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; BASED MODELLING; COUNTING PROCESS; GENERALISATION; MARKOV COUNTING PROCESS; MODELLING AND ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE COMPARISON; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE EXPERIMENT; UNDERDISPERSION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0035017925     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00620.x     Document Type: Review

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