Brooks, Stephen P., Morgan, Byron J. T., Ridout, Martin S., Pack, S.E. (1997) Finite mixture models for proportions. Biometrics, 53 (3). pp. 1097-1115. ISSN 0006-341X. (doi:10.2307/2533567) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18310)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2533567 |
Abstract
Six data sets recording fetal control mortality in mouse litters are presented. The data are clearly overdispersed, and a standard approach would be to describe the data by means of a beta-binomial model or to use quasi-likelihood methods. For five of the examples, we show that the beta-binomial model provides a reasonable description but that the fit can be significantly improved by using a mixture of a beta-binomial model with a binomial distribution. This mixture provides two alternative solutions, in one of which the binomial component indicates a high probability of death but is selected infrequently; this accounts for outlying litters with high mortality. The influence of the outliers on the beta-binomial fits is also demonstrated. The location and nature of the two main maxima to the likelihood are investigated through profile log-likelihoods. Comparisons are made with the performance of finite mixtures of binomial distributions.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.2307/2533567 |
Depositing User: | T. Nasir |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2009 18:19 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2023 11:31 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18310 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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