Noncanonical links in generalized linear models - when is the effort justified?

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 317-345

  Czado, Claudia ^a   Munk, Axel ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

62F03; 62F04; 62J12; Generalized linear models; Goodness of link tests; Link function; Logistic regression; Model validation and discrimination; Overdispersion; p value curve; Parametric links

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042916377     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(99)00195-0     Document Type: Article

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