statsmodels.genmod.families.links.NegativeBinomial

class statsmodels.genmod.families.links.NegativeBinomial(alpha=1.0)

The negative binomial link function

Parameters

alphafloat, optional

Alpha is the ancillary parameter of the Negative Binomial link function. It is assumed to be nonstochastic. The default value is 1. Permissible values are usually assumed to be in (.01, 2).

Methods

__call__(p)	Negative Binomial transform link function
deriv(p)	Derivative of the negative binomial transform
deriv2(p)	Second derivative of the negative binomial link function.
inverse(z)	Inverse of the negative binomial transform
inverse_deriv(z)	Derivative of the inverse of the negative binomial transform
inverse_deriv2(z)	Second derivative of the inverse link function g^(-1)(z).