Either "negbin" for fitting a negative binomial model (using MASS::glm.nb),
"poisson" for fitting a poisson model (glm) or "quasipoisson" for fitting a quasipoisson model
glm
equal.dispersion
logical, should the arms have the same dispersion parameter when
fitting negative binomial models
covar
A formula containing the additional covariates to be used when calling glm.nb if
no covariates are included in the model this should be NULL, for example ~covar1 + covar2
See vignette for further details
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Additional arguments to be passed to glm or glm.nb