A comparison of regression models for small counts

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 514-521

  McDonald, Trent L ^a   White, Gary C ^b  

^a West Incorporated   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Count data; Cumulative logistic regression; Multinomial regression; Overdispersion; Poisson regression; Strix occidentalis occidentalis; Underdispersion

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPERSION; FLEDGING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 77950251211     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-270     Document Type: Article

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