Negative binomial regression / Joseph M. Hilbe.

"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 distribution...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hilbe, Joseph M., 1944-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Edition:Second edition.
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Physical Description:xviii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The concept of risk; 3. Overview of count response models; 4. Methods of estimation and assessment; 5. Assessment of count models; 6. Poisson regression; 7. Overdispersion; 8. Negative binomial regression; 9. Negative binomial regression: modeling; 10. Alternative variance parameterizations; 11. Problems with zero counts; 12. Censored and truncated count models; 13. Handling endogeneity and latent class models; 14. Count panel models; 15. Bayesian negative binomial models; Appendix A. Constructing and interpreting interactions; Appendix B. Data sets and Stata files; References; Index.