A score test for zero-inflation in correlated count data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1660-1671

  Xiang, Liming ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Yau, Kelvin K W ^b   McLachlan, Geoffrey J ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Count data; Poisson mixed model; Power; Score test; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646820315     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2308     Document Type: Article

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