When log-normal and gamma models give different results: A case study

American Statistician

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-93

  Wiens, Brian L ^a  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant coefficient of variation; Exploratory data analysis; Generalized linear models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040942650     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1999.10474437     Document Type: Article

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