REGRESSION RANK-SCORES TESTS IN R
Jan Dienstbier Jan Picek
contact: jan.picek@vslib.cz
Charles University, Prague Technical University of Liberec Czech Republic
UseR! 2006, Vienna
QUANTILE REGRESSION
Consider a linear model Yi = x⊤
i β + ei, where ei ∼ F are i.i.d.
DEFINITION: REGRESSION QUANTILES ˆ β(τ) := arg min b∈Rp
n
- i=1
ρτ
- yi − x⊤
i b
- ,
where ρτ denotes loss function ρτ(u) := u · (τ − I (u < 0)) .
UseR! 2006, Vienna 15-17.6.
- J. Dienstbier & J. Picek
Regression rank-scores tests in R June 2006
SIMPLE EXAMPLE – QUADRATIC REGRESSION
Regession quantiles are:
direct generalization of “quantile principle” in a linear model robust as much as ordinary quantiles 20 40 60 80 100 5 10 15 20
Quadratic regression − errors of t−distribution − df 3
x y(x) = 0.5 + 0.01 x + 0.0004 x^2 + T_3 UseR! 2006, Vienna 15-17.6.
- J. Dienstbier & J. Picek
Regression rank-scores tests in R June 2006
SIMPLE EXAMPLE – QUADRATIC REGRESSION
Regession quantiles are:
direct generalization of “quantile principle” in a linear model robust as much as ordinary quantiles 20 40 60 80 100 5 10 15 20
Previous model but with 3 altered values
x y(x) = 0.5 + 0.01 x + 0.0004 x^2 + T_3 UseR! 2006, Vienna 15-17.6.
- J. Dienstbier & J. Picek
Regression rank-scores tests in R June 2006