Inference in generalized linear models with robustness to misspecified variances

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Autori principali: De Santis, Riccardo, Goeman, Jelle J., Hemerik, Jesse, Davenport, Samuel, Finos, Livio
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author De Santis, Riccardo
Goeman, Jelle J.
Hemerik, Jesse
Davenport, Samuel
Finos, Livio
author_facet De Santis, Riccardo
Goeman, Jelle J.
Hemerik, Jesse
Davenport, Samuel
Finos, Livio
contents Generalized linear models usually assume a common dispersion parameter, an assumption that is seldom true in practice. Consequently, standard parametric methods may suffer appreciable loss of type I error control. As an alternative, we present a semi-parametric group-invariance method based on sign flipping of score contributions. Our method requires only the correct specification of the mean model, but is robust against any misspecification of the variance. We present tests for single as well as multiple regression coefficients. The test is asymptotically valid but shows excellent performance in small samples. We illustrate the method using RNA sequencing count data, for which it is difficult to model the overdispersion correctly. The method is available in the R library flipscores.
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spellingShingle Inference in generalized linear models with robustness to misspecified variances
De Santis, Riccardo
Goeman, Jelle J.
Hemerik, Jesse
Davenport, Samuel
Finos, Livio
Methodology
Statistics Theory
Generalized linear models usually assume a common dispersion parameter, an assumption that is seldom true in practice. Consequently, standard parametric methods may suffer appreciable loss of type I error control. As an alternative, we present a semi-parametric group-invariance method based on sign flipping of score contributions. Our method requires only the correct specification of the mean model, but is robust against any misspecification of the variance. We present tests for single as well as multiple regression coefficients. The test is asymptotically valid but shows excellent performance in small samples. We illustrate the method using RNA sequencing count data, for which it is difficult to model the overdispersion correctly. The method is available in the R library flipscores.
title Inference in generalized linear models with robustness to misspecified variances
topic Methodology
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.13918