Improved likelihood inference in beta regression

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-443

  Ferrari, Silvia L P ^a   Pinheiro, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta regression; Continuous proportions; Likelihood ratio test; Nonlinear models; Small sample adjustments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952590884     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650903389993     Document Type: Article

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