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Maximum likelihood estimation for the negative multinomial log-linear model |
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| Authors: | Marc A. Evans Douglas G. Bonett |
| Affiliation: | 1. Program in Statistics , Washington State University , Pullman, Washington, 99164-6212;2. Department of Statistics , University of Wyoming Laramie , Wyoming, 82071 |
| Abstract: | A log-linear model is defined for multiway contingency tables with negative multinomial frequency counts. The maximum likelihood estimator of the model parameters and the estimator covariance matrix is given. The likelihood ratio test for the general log-linear hypothesis also is presented. |
| Keywords: | likelihood ratio test negative multinomial maximum likelihood log-linear model |