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Regression Analysis with R

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788627306
Pages 422 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Giuseppe Ciaburro Giuseppe Ciaburro
Profile icon Giuseppe Ciaburro

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Getting Started with Regression 2. Basic Concepts – Simple Linear Regression 3. More Than Just One Predictor – MLR 4. When the Response Falls into Two Categories – Logistic Regression 5. Data Preparation Using R Tools 6. Avoiding Overfitting Problems - Achieving Generalization 7. Going Further with Regression Models 8. Beyond Linearity – When Curving Is Much Better 9. Regression Analysis in Practice 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Count data model


Poisson regression is a form of regression used to model the count of data in contingency tables. For example, counting the number of births or the number of wins in a series of soccer matches. Poisson regression assumes that the response variable Y has a Poisson distribution, and that the logarithm of its expected value can be modelled by a linear combination of unknown parameters. Poisson regression is sometimes also known as a log-linear model, especially when it is used to model contingency tables.

Poisson distributions

A distribution tells us how measures of a certain variable are distributed among the various possible values. Each distribution is characterized by an average value and a variance, which adjusts the uncertainty of the measurements obtained. Poisson's distribution, also known as rare event law, is a very useful type of distribution when dealing with extremely rare events, which occur with a well-defined temporal mean. It is an approximation of the binomial...

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