Simultaneous statistical modelling of excess zeros, over/underdispersion, and multimodality with applications in hotel industry.

ABSTRACT: We propose zero-inflated statistical models based on the generalized Hermite distribution for simultaneously modelling of excess zeros, over/underdispersion, and multimodality. These new models are parsimonious yet remarkably flexible allowing the covariates to be introduced directly through the mean, dispersion, and zero-inflated parameters. To accommodate the interval inequality constraint for the dispersion parameter, we present a new link function for the covariate-dependent dispersion regression model. We derive score tests for zero inflation in both covariate-free and covariate-dependent models. Both the score test and the likelihood-ratio test are conducted to examine the validity of zero inflation. The score test provides a useful tool when computing the likelihood-ratio statistic

SUBMITTER: Song KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042022 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature