Research on Quantile Regression Method for Longitudinal Interval-Censored Data Based on Bayesian Double Penalty

Ke Zhao, Ting Shu, Chaozhu Hu and Youxi Luo ()
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Ke Zhao: School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Ting Shu: School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Chaozhu Hu: School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Youxi Luo: School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-30

Abstract: The increasing prominence of the problem of censored data in various fields has made studying how to perform parameter estimation and variable selection in censored mixed-effects models one of the hotspots of current research. In this paper, considering the situation that the response variable is restricted by the bilateral limit, a double-penalty Bayesian Tobit quantile regression model was constructed to carry out parameter estimation and variable selection in the interval-censored mixed-effects model, and at the same time, the fixed-effects and random effects coefficients are compressed in Tobit’s mixed-effects model, so as to reduce the estimation error of the model at the same time as the variable selection of the model is carried out. The posterior distribution of each unknown parameter was derived using the conditional Laplace prior and the mixed truncated normal distribution of interval-censored data, and then the Gibbs sampling algorithm for unknown parameter estimation was constructed. Through Monte Carlo simulation, it was found that the new method is more advantageous than the classical method in terms of variable selection and parameter estimation accuracy in various situations, such as different model sparsity, different data censoring ratios and different random error distributions, and the model is able to realize automatic variable selection. Finally, the new method is used to analyze the correlation between the crime rate and various economic indicators in China.

Keywords: longitudinal interval censored data; Bayesian double penalty; Tobit quantile regression model; Gibbs sampling algorithm; mixed-effects model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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