Chapter ELEVEN. The Normal Distribution and Likelihood Revisited
Published Online: 11 AUG 2003
DOI: 10.1002/0471467979.ch11
Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Quantitative Methods in Population Health: Extensions of Ordinary Regression
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How to Cite
Palta, M. (2003) The Normal Distribution and Likelihood Revisited, in Quantitative Methods in Population Health: Extensions of Ordinary Regression, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471467979.ch11
Publication History
- Published Online: 11 AUG 2003
- Published Print: 15 AUG 2003
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Book Series Editors:
- Walter A. Shewhart,
- Samuel S. Wilks
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471455059
Online ISBN: 9780471467977
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- generalized linear model;
- normal likelihood;
- deviance;
- scale parameter;
- dispersion parameter;
- PROC GENMOD;
- score equation
Summary
We reformulate the normal likelihood in the context and terminology of generalized linear models. PROC GENMOD is introduced and compared to PROC REG and PROC MIXED in the situation of ordinary regression analysis.