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Generalized linear models with unspecified reference distribution.

ABSTRACT: We propose a new class of semiparametric generalized linear models. As with existing models, these models are specified via a linear predictor and a link function for the mean of response Y as a function of predictors X. Here, however, the "baseline" distribution of Y at a given reference mean mu(0) is left unspecified and is estimated from the data. The response distribution when the mean differs from mu(0) is then generated via exponential tilting of the baseline distribution, yielding a response model that is a natural exponential family, with corresponding canonical link and variance functions. The resulting model has a level of flexibility similar to the popular proportional odds model. Maximum likelihood estimation is developed for response distributions with finite support, and the new model is studied and illustrated through simulations and example analyses from aging research.

SUBMITTER: Rathouz PJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2733172 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Generalized linear models with unspecified reference distribution.

Rathouz Paul J PJ Gao Liping L

Biostatistics (Oxford, England) 20080929 2

We propose a new class of semiparametric generalized linear models. As with existing models, these models are specified via a linear predictor and a link function for the mean of response Y as a function of predictors X. Here, however, the "baseline" distribution of Y at a given reference mean mu(0) is left unspecified and is estimated from the data. The response distribution when the mean differs from mu(0) is then generated via exponential tilting of the baseline distribution, yielding a respo ...[more]

PMID: 18824517

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