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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Model Softw. 2016 Nov 24;88:74–83. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.11.011

Table 3.

Example of better fitting model analysis and resulting inference.

Model Y Δ χ2CI, 1 Critical * χ2CI, 1 p-value * Conclusion
Exponential 119.49 112.94 3.84 0 Beta poisson is the best fitting model
Beta poisson 6.56
*

Ho: The simplest model is the best fitting model – if not using p-value: Δ < χ2CI, N-m critical value to fail to reject.