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dispersion_parameter(::Geometric) incorrectly returns true #564

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@palday

GLM.jl/src/glmtools.jl

Lines 484 to 500 in 0e145bd

"""
GLM.dispersion_parameter(D)
Does distribution `D` have a separate dispersion parameter, ϕ?
Returns `false` for the `Bernoulli`, `Binomial` and `Poisson` distributions, `true` otherwise.
# Examples
```jldoctest; setup = :(using GLM)
julia> show(GLM.dispersion_parameter(Normal()))
true
julia> show(GLM.dispersion_parameter(Bernoulli()))
false
```
"""
dispersion_parameter(D) = true
dispersion_parameter(::Union{Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson}) = false

The only parameter of the geometric distribution is the success probability.

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