Models for Overdispersion Count Data with Generalized Distribution: An Application to Parasites Intensity

Abstract

The Poisson regression model is widely used for count data. This model assumes equidispersion. In practice, equidispersion is seldom reflected in data. However, in real-life data, the variance usually exceeds the mean. This situation is known as overdispersion. Negative binomial distribution and other Poisson mix models are often used to model overdispersion count data. Another extension of the negative binomial distribution in another model for count data is the univariate generalized Waring. In addition, the model developed by Famoye can be used in the analysis of count data. When the count data contains a large number of zeros, it is necessary to use zero-inflated models. In this study, different generalized regression models are emphasized for the analysis of excessive zeros count data. For this purpose, a real data set was analysed with the generalized Poisson model, generalized negative binomial model, generalized negative binomial Famoye, generalized Waring model, and the foregoing zero-inflated models. Log-likelihood, Akaike information criterion, Bayes information criterion, Vuong statistics were used for model comparisons.

Keywords

• Count data
• overdispersion
• generalized distribution models
• zero-inflated

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