Improved point and interval estimation for a beta regression model

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 960-981

  Ospina, Raydonal ^a   Cribari Neto, Francisco ^a   Vasconcellos, Klaus L P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Beta regression; Bias; Bias correction; Interval estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BETA DISTRIBUTION; BETA REGRESSION; BIAS CORRECTION; INTERVAL ESTIMATION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750982427     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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