Testing for zero-modification in count regression models

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 323-341

  Min, Aleksey ^a   Czado, Claudia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized poisson distribution; Likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood estimate; Overdispersion; Score test; Wald test; Zero inflation; Zero modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949420025     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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