Re: [R] Estimating theta for negative binomial model

2010-05-04 Thread Tim Clark
/10, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > From: Prof Brian Ripley > Subject: Re: [R] Estimating theta for negative binomial model > To: "Tim Clark" > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 7:50 PM > On Mon, 3 May 2010, Tim Clark wrote: > > > Dear L

Re: [R] Estimating theta for negative binomial model

2010-05-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 3 May 2010, Tim Clark wrote: Dear List, I am trying to do model averaging for a negative binomial model using the package AICcmodavg. I need to use glm() since the package does not accept glm.nb() models. I can get glm() to work if I first run glm.nb and take theta from that model,

[R] Estimating theta for negative binomial model

2010-05-03 Thread Tim Clark
Dear List, I am trying to do model averaging for a negative binomial model using the package AICcmodavg. I need to use glm() since the package does not accept glm.nb() models. I can get glm() to work if I first run glm.nb and take theta from that model, but is there a simpler way to estimate