Rethinking How Family Researchers Model Infrequent Outcomes: A Tutorial on Count Regression and Zero-Inflated Models

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 726-735

  Atkins, David C ^a   Gallop, Robert J ^b  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

count models; Poisson regression; zero inflated models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARRIAGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349187648     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.4.726     Document Type: Article

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