https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/GEE-with-a-negative-binomial-distribution/m-p/458225#M23904 <P><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am fairly new to statistics, and need help with a project.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What does, "In terms of counts, annualized rates will be reported using GEE with a negative binomial distribution" mean by? and how do I do it on SAS?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please help!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance!</SPAN></P> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:40:17 GMT bburugap 2018-04-27T19:40:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/GEE-with-a-negative-binomial-distribution/m-p/458225#M23904 <P><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am fairly new to statistics, and need help with a project.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What does, "In terms of counts, annualized rates will be reported using GEE with a negative binomial distribution" mean by? and how do I do it on SAS?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please help!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance!</SPAN></P> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:40:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/GEE-with-a-negative-binomial-distribution/m-p/458225#M23904 bburugap 2018-04-27T19:40:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/GEE-with-a-negative-binomial-distribution/m-p/458227#M23905 <P>IMHO this is a pretty daunting project if you are new to statistics, but to answer your question, see the GENMOD procedure.</P> <P>The <A href="http://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=statug&amp;docsetTarget=statug_genmod_gettingstarted03.htm&amp;docsetVersion=14.3&amp;locale=en" target="_self">Getting Started example</A> assumes a binomial distribution, but you can use that example and change dist=bin to dist=negbin (on the MODEL statement) in order to fit a negative binomial model on that data.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:51:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/GEE-with-a-negative-binomial-distribution/m-p/458227#M23905 Rick_SAS 2018-04-27T19:51:07Z