Bias-corrected maximum likelihood estimator of the negative binomial dispersion parameter

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Saha, Krishna ^a   Paul, Sudhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias corrected maximum likelihood estimator; Dispersion parameter; Double extended quasi likelihood estimator; Efficiency; Extended quasi likelihood estimator; Negative binomial model

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; DISPERSIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIAS-CORRECTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; DOUBLE-EXTENDED QUASI-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; EXTENDED QUASI-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; FIRST ORDER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; QUASI-LIKELIHOOD;

EFFICIENCY;

BIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 15044361554     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.030833.x     Document Type: Article

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