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Visualizing count data regressions using rootograms

We show how the rootogram - a graphical tool associated with the work of J. W. Tukey and originally used for assessing goodness of fit of univariate distributions - can help to diagnose and treat issues such as overdispersion and/or excess zeros in regression models for count data. Two empirical illustrations, from ethology and from public health, are included. The former employs a negative binomial hurdle regression, the latter a two-component finite mixture of negative binomial models for which weighted versions of rootograms are utilized.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2014-20

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
Econometric Software
Thema
rootogram
visualization
goodness of fit
count data
Poisson regression
negative binomial regression
hurdle model
finite mixture

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kleiber, Christian
Zeileis, Achim
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)
(wo)
Innsbruck
(wann)
2014

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kleiber, Christian
  • Zeileis, Achim
  • University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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