title: Maximum likelihood estimation for the negative binomial dispersion parameter.
authors.affiliation: Statistics and Biomathematics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Piegorsch
mesh_terms: D016010:Binomial Distribution; D001699:Biometry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016013:Likelihood Functions