Semiparametric models for missing covariate and response data in regression models |
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Authors: | Chen Qingxia Ibrahim Joseph G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA. cindy.chen@vanderbilt.edu |
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Abstract: | We consider a class of semiparametric models for the covariate distribution and missing data mechanism for missing covariate and/or response data for general classes of regression models including generalized linear models and generalized linear mixed models. Ignorable and nonignorable missing covariate and/or response data are considered. The proposed semiparametric model can be viewed as a sensitivity analysis for model misspecification of the missing covariate distribution and/or missing data mechanism. The semiparametric model consists of a generalized additive model (GAM) for the covariate distribution and/or missing data mechanism. Penalized regression splines are used to express the GAMs as a generalized linear mixed effects model, in which the variance of the corresponding random effects provides an intuitive index for choosing between the semiparametric and parametric model. Maximum likelihood estimates are then obtained via the EM algorithm. Simulations are given to demonstrate the methodology, and a real data set from a melanoma cancer clinical trial is analyzed using the proposed methods. |
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Keywords: | Generalized additive model Gibbs sampling Monte Carlo EM |
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