Estimating overdispersion when fitting a generalized linear model to sparse data

Biometrika

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 230-237

  Fletcher, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Generalized linear model; Lack of fit; Overdispersion; Pearson's statistic; Quadratic estimating equation; Sparse data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857532411     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asr083     Document Type: Article

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