The misuse of the Vuong test for non-nested models to test for zero-inflation
By Paul Wilson. 2015
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The Vuong test for non-nested models is being widely used as a test of zero-inflation. We show that such use is erroneous. We see that this stems from a misunderstanding of what is meant by the term “non-nested model” and suggest other approaches for determining zero-inflation
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Economics and Econometrics, Oceanography
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- What does a zero mean? Understanding false, random and structural zeros in ecology (2019, background): “However, be aware that the use of the Vuong test for testing zero‐inflation is controversial, because the null value—no zero inflation—is on the boundary of the parameter space (Wilson, 2015).”