Sequence count data are poorly fit by the negative binomial distribution

• Stijn Hawinkel ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: stijn.hawinkel@ugent.be

  Affiliation Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-5180

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• J. C. W. Rayner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Computer-Assisted Research in Mathematics and its Applications, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4987-0026

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• Luc Bijnens,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Quantitative Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutical companies of Johnson and Johnson, Ghent, Belgium, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-3152

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• Olivier Thas

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

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