Poisson Regression

Poisson regression is similar to multinomial logistic regression in that the dependent variable can take only non-negative integer values. With multinomial logistic regression the dependent variable takes values 0, 1, …, r for some known value of r, while with Poisson regression there is no predetermined r value, i.e. any count value is possible.

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In addition, proofs of some properties can be found on the following webpage. These proofs use calculus.

References

Hintze, J. L. (2007) Poisson regression. NCSS
https://web.archive.org/web/20220925185213/https://ncss-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/themes/ncss/pdf/Procedures/NCSS/Poisson_Regression.pdf

Nussbaum, E. M., Elsadat, S., Khago, A. H. (2007) Best practices in evaluating count data, Chapter 21: Poisson regression.
http://www.academia.edu/438746

Penn State (2017) Poisson regression. STAT 504: Analysis of discrete data.
https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat504/lesson/9

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