Robust inference for generalized linear models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 455, 2001, Pages 1022-1030

  Cantoni, Eva ^a   Ronchetti, Elvezio ^a  

^a Department of Econometrics ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binomial regression; Influence function; M estimators; Model selection; Poisson regression; Quasi likehood; Robust deviance; Robustness of efficiency; Robustness of validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442312206     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501753209004     Document Type: Article

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