Inference concerning a common dispersion of several treatment groups in the analysis of over/underdispersed count data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 441-460

  Saha, Krishna K ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C( ) tests; Homogeneity of the dispersions; Negative binomial model; Overdispersion

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

C(Α) TEST; COUNT DATUM; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; HOMOGENEITY OF THE DISPERSION; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; OVERDISPERSION; POWER; QUASI-LIKELIHOOD; TEST PROCEDURES; TREATMENT GROUP;

DISPERSIONS;

ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; MOUSE; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; RATS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84898432808     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201300105     Document Type: Article

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