Comparing Poisson and Extra Poisson Models

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LiamMS90
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Comparing Poisson and Extra Poisson Models

Post by LiamMS90 »

Dear Colleagues,

I am trying to compare a two-level Poisson model and a two level Extra Poisson model. From what I have read, in Mlwin this can only be done with a Wald test.

I was just wondering how to set up the Wald test or if anyone could point me in the direction of some instructional literature that might help? I have not been able to find any.

Many thanks,

Liam
ChrisCharlton
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Re: Comparing Poisson and Extra Poisson Models

Post by ChrisCharlton »

I asked Kelvyn Jones about this and he gave the following response:
If you want to do a Wald test in MLwiN – use the intervals and test window to test whether the additional term is different from zero.

Here is a simple NBD model - the extra term is associated with pi-squared
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And you want to test that the 0.839 is different from zero
That is you test bcons2.1
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And you see that p is very small so there is a difference – the test is quite approximate however and people often divide by 2 to get a one-tailed test.
LiamMS90
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Re: Comparing Poisson and Extra Poisson Models

Post by LiamMS90 »

Many thanks!

Liam
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