Hurdle negative binomial regression model with right censored count data

A Poisson model typically is assumed for count data. In many cases because of many zeros in the response variable, the mean is not equal to the variance value of the dependent variable. Therefore, the Poisson model is no longer suitable for this kind of data. Thus, we suggest using a hurdle negative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Saffari, Seyed Ehsan, Adnan, Robiah, Greene, William
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/13324
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/13324
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mathematical statistics
Regression analysis
hurdle negative binomial regression
censored data
maximum likelihood method
simulation
Estadística matemàtica
Classificació AMS::62 Statistics::62J Linear inference, regression
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica
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Sumario:A Poisson model typically is assumed for count data. In many cases because of many zeros in the response variable, the mean is not equal to the variance value of the dependent variable. Therefore, the Poisson model is no longer suitable for this kind of data. Thus, we suggest using a hurdle negative binomial regression model to overcome the problem of overdispersion. Furthermore, the response variable in such cases is censored for some values. In this paper, a censored hurdle negative binomial regression model is introduced on count data with many zeros. The estimation of regression parameters using maximum likelihood is discussed and the goodness-of-fit for the regression model is examined