Variable selection for varying dispersion beta regression model

Weihua Zhao, Riquan Zhang, Yazhao Lv and Jicai Liu

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2014, vol. 41, issue 1, 95-108

Abstract: The beta regression models are commonly used by practitioners to model variables that assume values in the standard unit interval (0, 1). In this paper, we consider the issue of variable selection for beta regression models with varying dispersion (VBRM), in which both the mean and the dispersion depend upon predictor variables. Based on a penalized likelihood method, the consistency and the oracle property of the penalized estimators are established. Following the coordinate descent algorithm idea of generalized linear models, we develop new variable selection procedure for the VBRM, which can efficiently simultaneously estimate and select important variables in both mean model and dispersion model. Simulation studies and body fat data analysis are presented to illustrate the proposed methods.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2013.830284

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