Bayesian Variable Selection for Multi-Outcome Models Through Shared Shrinkage

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Main Authors: Kundu, Debamita, Mitra, Riten, Gaskins, Jeremy T.
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author Kundu, Debamita
Mitra, Riten
Gaskins, Jeremy T.
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Mitra, Riten
Gaskins, Jeremy T.
contents Variable selection over a potentially large set of covariates in a linear model is quite popular. In the Bayesian context, common prior choices can lead to a posterior expectation of the regression coefficients that is a sparse (or nearly sparse) vector with a few non-zero components, those covariates that are most important. This article extends the global-local shrinkage idea to a scenario where one wishes to model multiple response variables simultaneously. Here, we have developed a variable selection method for a K-outcome model (multivariate regression) that identifies the most important covariates across all outcomes. The prior for all regression coefficients is a mean zero normal with coefficient-specific variance term that consists of a predictor-specific factor (shared local shrinkage parameter) and a model-specific factor (global shrinkage term) that differs in each model. The performance of our modeling approach is evaluated through simulation studies and a data example.
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Kundu, Debamita
Mitra, Riten
Gaskins, Jeremy T.
Methodology
Variable selection over a potentially large set of covariates in a linear model is quite popular. In the Bayesian context, common prior choices can lead to a posterior expectation of the regression coefficients that is a sparse (or nearly sparse) vector with a few non-zero components, those covariates that are most important. This article extends the global-local shrinkage idea to a scenario where one wishes to model multiple response variables simultaneously. Here, we have developed a variable selection method for a K-outcome model (multivariate regression) that identifies the most important covariates across all outcomes. The prior for all regression coefficients is a mean zero normal with coefficient-specific variance term that consists of a predictor-specific factor (shared local shrinkage parameter) and a model-specific factor (global shrinkage term) that differs in each model. The performance of our modeling approach is evaluated through simulation studies and a data example.
title Bayesian Variable Selection for Multi-Outcome Models Through Shared Shrinkage
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.11594