Dear Listers, I want to compare two negative binomial models fitted using glm.nb and gam(mgcv) based on the same data. What would be the most appropriate criteria to compare these two models? Can someone point me to some references? Thank you very much. Yuanchang Xie
Yuanchang xie <xieyc <at> hotmail.com> writes:> > Dear Listers, > > I want to compare two negative binomial models fitted using glm.nb and > gam(mgcv) based on the same data. What would be the most appropriate > criteria to compare these two models? Can someone point me to some > references? Thank you very much. > > Yuanchang Xie >Since they can't possibly be nested I would suggest AIC. Ben Bolker