In this article, we provide a random utility-based derivation of the Dirichlet-multinomial regression and propose it as a convenient alternative for dealing with overdispersed multinomial data. We ...

In recent columns we showed how linear regression can be used to predict a continuous dependent variable given other independent variables 1,2. When the dependent variable is categorical, a common ...

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