A note on conditional Akaike information for Poisson regression with random effects

Abstract

A popular model selection approach for generalized linear mixed- effects models is the Akaike information criterion, or AIC. Among others, [7] pointed out the distinction between the marginal and conditional infer- ence depending on the focus of research. The conditional AIC was derived for the linear mixed-effects model which was later generalized by [5]. We show that the similar strategy extends to Poisson regression with random effects, where conditional AIC can be obtained based on our observations. Simulation studies demonstrate the usage of the criterion.