rpoisod: Internal function to generate random numbers following...

In collin: Visualization the Effects of Collinearity in Distributed Lag Models and Other Linear Models

Internal function to generate random numbers following over-dispersed Poisson distribution based on simple cheat of using a standard negative binomial, but choosing the scale parameter to give the desired mean vs variance ratio at the given value of the mean. Taken from: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002-June/022425.html

Description

Internal function to generate random numbers following over-dispersed Poisson distribution based on simple cheat of using a standard negative binomial, but choosing the scale parameter to give the desired mean vs variance ratio at the given value of the mean. Taken from: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002-June/022425.html

Usage

rpoisod(n, lambda, d = 1)

Arguments

n	integer. Number of observations.
lambda	numeric. Mean.
d	numeric. Dispersion parameter.

Value

a vector with the simulated sample.

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