A score test for zero inflation in a Poisson distribution

J. Van den Broek

doi:10.2307/2532959

A score test for zero inflation in a Poisson distribution

J. Van den Broek^*

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Utrecht University

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Abstract

When analyzing Poisson-count data sometimes a lot of zeros are observed. When there are too many zeros a zero-inflated Poisson distribution can he used. A score test is presented to test whether the number of zeros is too large for a Poisson distribution to fit the data well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	738-743
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biometrics
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2532959
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 1995

Keywords

Poisson
Score test
Zero inflation

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A score test for zero inflation in a Poisson distribution

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