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Table 3 Examination of Poisson and negative binomial regression models

From: Identifying the determinants and associated factors of mortality under age five in Ethiopia

Test

Estimate

Poisson

Negative Binomial

Pearson chi-square

Value

10,530.7

 
 

Degree of freedom

10,260

 
 

Value/df

1.03

 

Akaike Information Criteria (AIC)

 

16,352.96

16,121.2

Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC)

 

16,519.44

16,294.92

Log likelihood

 

− 8153.4791

− 8036.6005

Likelihood ratio (LR) test

Value = 233.76 df = 1 p-value < 0.0001