Application of negative binomial modeling for discrete outcomes: A case study in aging research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-564

  Byers, Amy L ^a   Allore, Heather ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a   Peduzzi, Peter N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete outcome data; Negative binomial regression; Overdispersion; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0038164926     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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