On Conditional and Partial Correlation |
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| Authors: | A J Lawrance |
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| Institution: | Dept. of Mathematical Statistics , The University of Birmingham , P.O. Box 363, Birmingham , B15 2TT , England |
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| Abstract: | A graphical technique, similar in spirit to probability plotting, can be used to judge whether a Poisson model is appropriate for an observed frequency distribution. This “Poissonness plot” can equally be applied to truncated Poisson situations. It provides a type of robustness for detecting isolated discrepancies in otherwise well-behaved frequency distributions. |
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| Keywords: | Binomial distribution Data analysis Household size Poisson distribution Probability plotting Robustness |
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