Yes, theta is the 'size' or overdispersion parameter. Sometimes
also denoted as k. Wikipedia discusses this parameterization in the
paragraph starting "In negative binomial regression ..." (but they call
this parameter r rather than theta or k).
You can also see this in MASS on google
On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:51:27 +
"Sorkin, John" wrote:
> What is theta, and how does it relate to the parameters of the
> negative binomial distribution?
Plugging the p (the success probability) and the r (the number of
successes until the experiment is stopped) from the Wikipedia article
Colleagues,
I want to use the power_NetativeBinomial function from the PASSED library. The
function requires a value for a parameter theta. The meaning of theta is not
given in the documentation (at least I can�t find it) of the function. Further
the descriptions of the negative binomial
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