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Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

October 15, 2012
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Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

In practice, we often find that count data is not well modeled by Poisson regression, though Poisson models are often presented as the natural approach for such data. In contrast, the negative binomial regression model is much more flexible and is the...

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Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

October 15, 2012
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Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

In practice, we often find that count data is not well modeled by Poisson regression, though Poisson models are often presented as the natural approach for such data. In contrast, the negative binomial regression model is much more flexible and is the...

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Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

October 15, 2012
By
Example 10.6: Should Poisson regression ever be used? Negative binomial vs. Poisson regression

In practice, we often find that count data is not well modeled by Poisson regression, though Poisson models are often presented as the natural approach for such data. In contrast, the negative binomial regression model is much more flexible and is the...

Read more »

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