Score tests for overdispersion in zero-inflated Poisson mixed models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1234-1246

  Yang, Zhao ^a   Hardin, James W ^b   Addy, Cheryl L ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MODELS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; MEAN VARIANCE; MIXED MODELS; OVERDISPERSION; SCORE TEST;

BIT ERROR RATE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 77249129670     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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