在一个通用添加模型中对任意参数结构的假设测试
1Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44106, OH, USA.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
|June 4, 2025
概括
我们开发了一种新方法,即任意参数结构测试 (TAPS),以评估简单模型是否足够适合数据. TAPS有助于确定复杂模型是否真正必要,有助于进行强大的科学分析.
科学领域:
- 统计建模 统计建模
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 一般化添加模型 (GAM) 提供灵活性,但可能很复杂.
- 在使用GAM之前,确定更简单的参数模型是否足够,对于高效的分析至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 引入一种新的方法,即任意参数结构测试 (TAPS),用于在GAM中评估参数结构的充分性.
- 提供估计和推断工具,以验证复杂模型中的参数假设.
主要方法:
- TAPS将参数结构的测试转化为随机效应差异的测试.
- 该方法适应任意的参数结构,包括线性,断片线性和不连续性.
主要成果:
- 使用英国生物库数据,TAPS揭示了多基因风险评分效应的广泛非线性.
- 对于大多数特征,非线性模型对线性模型进行了有限的预测改进.
- 退休对健康和生活方式特征的因果影响是通过回归不连续性和扭曲设计来确定的.
结论:
- 在统计建模中,TAPS为评估参数假设提供了一个强大的框架.
- 该方法有助于区分必要的复杂模型和足够简单的参数模型.
- 将TAPS应用于现实世界的数据表明了TAPS在揭示遗传学和社会科学中细微的关系方面的实用性.
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