In regression models, the underlying theory frequently leads to specification of more than one functional form for the conditional mean of the response. The main problem in such cases is whether the ...

A log linear relationship between the mean and the factors car and age is specified by the log link function. The log link function ensures that the mean number of insurance claims for each car and ...

Comparing regression coefficients between models when one model is nested within another is of great practical interest when two explanations of a given phenomenon are specified as linear models. The ...

In this module, we will introduce generalized linear models (GLMs) through the study of binomial data. In particular, we will motivate the need for GLMs; introduce the binomial regression model, ...

Course Topics"Logistic and Poisson Regression," Wednesday, November 5: The fourth LISA mini course focuses on appropriate model building for categorical response data, specifically binary and count ...