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Table 3 Word count model comparisons

From: A flexible distribution class for count data

 

CMP/sCMP(m=1)

sCMP(m=2)

sCMP(m=3)

sCMP(m=4)

\(\hat {\lambda }\) (SE)

1.8897 (0.4219)

0.9120 (0.1511)

0.5385 (0.0652)

0.3559 (0.0404)

\(\hat {\nu }\) (SE)

2.1033 (0.3858)

3.7750 (1.0049)

3.0900 (15045)

29.7650 (13118)

log(L)

-118.319

-117.327

-117.331

-118.521

AIC

240.638

238.655

238.662

241.041

BIC

245.848

243.865

243.873

246.252

  1. Model comparison for the word count data from Bailey (1990), where sCMP with m=1,2,3,4 distributions are considered. For model comparisons, the log-likelihood, Akaike and Bayes Information Criterions (AIC and BIC, respectively) are provided. All sCMP family distributions outperform the Poisson model which produces an estimated sample mean, μ =1.0500 (0.1025), with log-likelihood − 123.2741. The negative binomial model likewise converges to a Poisson model with estimates, \(\hat {\theta } = 269.9607\) (702.1046), \(\hat {\mu }=1.0500\) (0.1027), log(L)=−123.3487)