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Re: st: Fwd: Another question about zero inflated models
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Joerg Luedicke <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Fwd: Another question about zero inflated models
Date
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:14:39 -0500
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:07 PM, rachel grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for replying. No, DEGD is my continuous independent variable
> which I think nay be causing zeros in my dependent count variable ,
> MALES.
> I used DEGD as the inflation variable, and it was highly sig with a
> negative coefficient. What I am hoping this means is that the higher
> the DEGD, the lower probability of zero MALES. That would be
> biologically sensible.
> regards, Rachel
>
Yes, this interpretation is correct. (You could also see that by
running a simple logistic regression with your zeros coded as 1 and
count>0 coded as 0 if you want to confirm your interpretation...)
J.
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