Robustness of zero-augmented models over generalized linear models in analysing fertility data in Nigeria

Abstract Objective Fertility is a count data usually rightly skewed and exhibiting large number of zeros than the distributional assumption of the generalized linear models (GLMs). This study examined the robustness of zero-augmented models over GLMs to fit fertility data across regions in Nigeria....

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Main Authors: Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Imran O. Morhason-Bello, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Oyindamola Bidemi Yusuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4852-5