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Book Tests for Detecting Overdispersion in Poisson Regression Models

Download or read book Tests for Detecting Overdispersion in Poisson Regression Models written by Dean, C. (Charmaine) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond Multiple Linear Regression

Download or read book Beyond Multiple Linear Regression written by Paul Roback and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Multiple Linear Regression: Applied Generalized Linear Models and Multilevel Models in R is designed for undergraduate students who have successfully completed a multiple linear regression course, helping them develop an expanded modeling toolkit that includes non-normal responses and correlated structure. Even though there is no mathematical prerequisite, the authors still introduce fairly sophisticated topics such as likelihood theory, zero-inflated Poisson, and parametric bootstrapping in an intuitive and applied manner. The case studies and exercises feature real data and real research questions; thus, most of the data in the textbook comes from collaborative research conducted by the authors and their students, or from student projects. Every chapter features a variety of conceptual exercises, guided exercises, and open-ended exercises using real data. After working through this material, students will develop an expanded toolkit and a greater appreciation for the wider world of data and statistical modeling. A solutions manual for all exercises is available to qualified instructors at the book’s website at www.routledge.com, and data sets and Rmd files for all case studies and exercises are available at the authors’ GitHub repo (https://github.com/proback/BeyondMLR)

Book Modeling Count Data

Download or read book Modeling Count Data written by Joseph M. Hilbe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides guidelines and fully worked examples of how to select, construct, interpret and evaluate the full range of count models.

Book Generalized Poisson Distributions

Download or read book Generalized Poisson Distributions written by P. C. Consul and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1988-12-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 28 bar diagrams that illustrate the versatility of the generalized Poisson model and discusses stochastic processes leading to the generalized Poisson distribution. Examines theoretical properties that vary in difficulty, includes proofs for numerous theorems, explores confidence intervals

Book Regression Analysis of Count Data

Download or read book Regression Analysis of Count Data written by A. Colin Cameron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students in both social and natural sciences often seek regression methods to explain the frequency of events, such as visits to a doctor, auto accidents, or new patents awarded. This book, now in its second edition, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of models and methods to interpret such data. The authors combine theory and practice to make sophisticated methods of analysis accessible to researchers and practitioners working with widely different types of data and software in areas such as applied statistics, econometrics, marketing, operations research, actuarial studies, demography, biostatistics and quantitative social sciences. The new material includes new theoretical topics, an updated and expanded treatment of cross-section models, coverage of bootstrap-based and simulation-based inference, expanded treatment of time series, multivariate and panel data, expanded treatment of endogenous regressors, coverage of quantile count regression, and a new chapter on Bayesian methods.

Book Diagnostic Tools for Overdispersion in Generalized Linear Models

Download or read book Diagnostic Tools for Overdispersion in Generalized Linear Models written by Lisa M. Ganio-Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data in the form of counts or proportions often exhibit more variability than that predicted by a Poisson or binomial distribution. Many different models have been proposed to account for extra-Poisson or extra-binomial variation. A simple model includes a single heterogeneity factor (dispersion parameter) in the variance. Other models that allow the dispersion parameter to vary between groups or according to a continuous covariate also exist but require a more complicated analysis. This thesis is concerned with (1) understanding the consequences of using an oversimplified model for overdispersion, (2) presenting diagnostic tools for detecting the dependence of overdispersion on covariates in regression settings for counts and proportions and (3) presenting diagnostic tools for distinguishing between some commonly used models for overdispersed data. The double exponential family of distributions is used as a foundation for this work. A double binomial or double Poisson density is constructed from a binomial or Poisson density and an additional dispersion parameter. This provides a completely parametric framework for modeling overdispersed counts and proportions. The first issue above is addressed by exploring the properties of maximum likelihood estimates obtained from incorrectly specified likelihoods. The diagnostic tools are based on a score test in the double exponential family. An attractive feature of this test is that it can be computed from the components of the deviance in the standard generalized linear model fit. A graphical display is suggested by the score test. For the normal linear model, which is a special case of the double exponential family, the diagnostics reduce to those for heteroscedasticity presented by Cook and Weisberg (1983).

Book Estimation  Inference and Specification Analysis

Download or read book Estimation Inference and Specification Analysis written by Halbert White and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-06-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the consequences of misspecifications for the interpretation of likelihood-based methods of statistical estimation and interference. The analysis concludes with an examination of methods by which the possibility of misspecification can be empirically investigated.

Book Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions

Download or read book Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions written by Joseph L. Fleiss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das für Fachleute und fortgeschrittene Studenten konzipierte Buch beschäftigt sich mit dem Entwurf und der Analyse von Untersuchungen, Studien und Experimenten, bei denen qualitative und kategorische Daten anfallen. - jetzt in dritter Auflage - neue Informationen unter anderem zur logistischen Regression, zur Binomialverteilung, zu Daten von (zufälligen) Stichproben und zu den Delta-Methoden für Multinomialfrequenzen - Buch ist auf seinem Gebiet führend, das bewährte Material der Vorgängerauflagen wurde übernommen

Book Regression Analysis of Count Data

Download or read book Regression Analysis of Count Data written by Adrian Colin Cameron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of regression methods to explain the frequency of events.

Book Functional Form and Heterogeneity in Models for Count Data

Download or read book Functional Form and Heterogeneity in Models for Count Data written by William Greene and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents several extensions of the most familiar models for count data, the Poisson and negative binomial models. We develop an encompassing model for two well-known variants of the negative binomial model (the NB1 and NB2 forms). We then analyze some alternative approaches to the standard log gamma model for introducing heterogeneity into the loglinear conditional means for these models. The lognormal model provides a versatile alternative specification that is more flexible (and more natural) than the log gamma form, and provides a platform for several "two part" extensions, including zero inflation, hurdle, and sample selection models. (We briefly present some alternative approaches to modeling heterogeneity.) We also resolve some features in Hausman, Hall and Griliches (1984, Economic models for count data with an application to the patents-R & D relationship, Econometrica 52, 909-938) widely used panel data treatments for the Poisson and negative binomial models that appear to conflict with more familiar models of fixed and random effects. Finally, we consider a bivariate Poisson model that is also based on the lognormal heterogeneity model. Two recent applications have used this model. We suggest that the correlation estimated in their model frameworks is an ambiguous measure of the correlation of the variables of interest, and may substantially overstate it. We conclude with a detailed application of the proposed methods using the data employed in one of the two aforementioned bivariate Poisson studies

Book Econometric Analysis of Count Data

Download or read book Econometric Analysis of Count Data written by Rainer Winkelmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph deals with econometric models for the analysis of event counts. The interest of econometricians in this class of models has started in the mid-eighties. After more than one decade of intensive research, the litera ture has reached a level of maturity that calls for a systematic and accessible exposition of the main results and methods. Such an exposition is the aim of the book. Count data models have found their way into the curricula of micro-econometric classes and are available on standard computer software. The basic methods have been used in countless applications in fields such as labor economics, health economics, insurance economics, urban economics, and economic demography, to name but a few. Other, more recent, methods are poised to become standard tools soon. While the book is oriented towards the empirical economists and applied econometrician, it should be useful to statisticians and biometricians as well. A first edition of this book was published in 1994 under the title "Count Data Models - Econometric Theory and an Application to Labor Mobility" . While this edition keeps the character and broad organization of this first edition, and its emphasis on combining a summary of the existing literature with several new results and methods, it is substantially revised and enlarged. Many parts have been completely rewritten and several new sections have New sections include: count data models for dependent processes; been added.

Book Overdispersion

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Hinde
  • Publisher : Chapman & Hall
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781584882893
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Overdispersion written by John Hinde and published by Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overdispersion is commonly encountered in modelling data. Statisticians and those working in the application areas need to know how to deal with it, and this book provides a complete source for identifying and handling overdispersion. With increasing focus on modelling in the applied sciences, this book is a welcome addition to the modelling literature for researchers and practitioners working in biometrics, medicine, and epidemiology. It is also excellent supplementary reading for a graduate or graduate-level course in statistical modelling.

Book The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events

Download or read book The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events written by Richard J. Cook and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents models and statistical methods for the analysis of recurrent event data. The authors provide broad, detailed coverage of the major approaches to analysis, while emphasizing the modeling assumptions that they are based on. More general intensity-based models are also considered, as well as simpler models that focus on rate or mean functions. Parametric, nonparametric and semiparametric methodologies are all covered, with procedures for estimation, testing and model checking.

Book Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities

Download or read book Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including research and nuclear weapons production facilities and one reprocessing plant) in the United States. The results of the NCI investigation were used a primary resource for communicating with the public about the cancer risks near the nuclear facilities. However, this study is now over 20 years old. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requested that the National Academy of Sciences provide an updated assessment of cancer risks in populations near USNRC-licensed nuclear facilities that utilize or process uranium for the production of electricity. Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1 focuses on identifying scientifically sound approaches for carrying out an assessment of cancer risks associated with living near a nuclear facility, judgments about the strengths and weaknesses of various statistical power, ability to assess potential confounding factors, possible biases, and required effort. The results from this Phase 1 study will be used to inform the design of cancer risk assessment, which will be carried out in Phase 2. This report is beneficial for the general public, communities near nuclear facilities, stakeholders, healthcare providers, policy makers, state and local officials, community leaders, and the media.

Book The Econometrics of Individual Risk

Download or read book The Econometrics of Individual Risk written by Christian Gourieroux and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The individual risks faced by banks, insurers, and marketers are less well understood than aggregate risks such as market-price changes. But the risks incurred or carried by individual people, companies, insurance policies, or credit agreements can be just as devastating as macroevents such as share-price fluctuations. A comprehensive introduction, The Econometrics of Individual Risk is the first book to provide a complete econometric methodology for quantifying and managing this underappreciated but important variety of risk. The book presents a course in the econometric theory of individual risk illustrated by empirical examples. And, unlike other texts, it is focused entirely on solving the actual individual risk problems businesses confront today. Christian Gourieroux and Joann Jasiak emphasize the microeconometric aspect of risk analysis by extensively discussing practical problems such as retail credit scoring, credit card transaction dynamics, and profit maximization in promotional mailing. They address regulatory issues in sections on computing the minimum capital reserve for coverage of potential losses, and on the credit-risk measure CreditVar. The book will interest graduate students in economics, business, finance, and actuarial studies, as well as actuaries and financial analysts.

Book Negative Binomial Regression

Download or read book Negative Binomial Regression written by Joseph M. Hilbe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Hilbe's Negative Binomial Regression is a substantial enhancement to the popular first edition. The only text devoted entirely to the negative binomial model and its many variations, nearly every model discussed in the literature is addressed. The theoretical and distributional background of each model is discussed, together with examples of their construction, application, interpretation and evaluation. Complete Stata and R codes are provided throughout the text, with additional code (plus SAS), derivations and data provided on the book's website. Written for the practising researcher, the text begins with an examination of risk and rate ratios, and of the estimating algorithms used to model count data. The book then gives an in-depth analysis of Poisson regression and an evaluation of the meaning and nature of overdispersion, followed by a comprehensive analysis of the negative binomial distribution and of its parameterizations into various models for evaluating count data.