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Table 3 Model selection criteria for the multilevel count regression models

From: Multilevel log linear model to estimate the risk factors associated with infant mortality in Ethiopia: further analysis of 2016 EDHS

Criteria

Poisson

NB

ZIP

ZINB

HP

HNB

-2*LL

19,318.35

18,433.94

17,961.52

17,868.74

18,941.83

18,927.8

AIC

19,360.35

18,481.94

18,025.52

17,938.74

19,023.83

19,015.8

BIC

19,512.9

18,656.27

18,257.27

18,192.97

19,321.64

19,335.39

  1. AIC Akaike’s information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion, HNB hurdle negative binomial, HP Hurdle Poisson, NB negative binomial, ZINB zero-infated negative binomial, ZIP zero-inflated Poisson
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