A comparison of residual diagnosis tools for diagnosing regression models for count data

Abstract Background Examining residuals is a crucial step in statistical analysis to identify the discrepancies between models and data, and assess the overall model goodness-of-fit. In diagnosing normal linear regression models, both Pearson and deviance residuals are often used, which are equivale...

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Main Authors: Cindy Feng, Longhai Li, Alireza Sadeghpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01055-2