Random effects selection in linear mixed models |
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Authors: | Chen Zhen Dunson David B |
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Institution: | Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 625 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. zchen@cceb.upenn.edu |
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Abstract: | We address the important practical problem of how to select the random effects component in a linear mixed model. A hierarchical Bayesian model is used to identify any random effect with zero variance. The proposed approach reparameterizes the mixed model so that functions of the covariance parameters of the random effects distribution are incorporated as regression coefficients on standard normal latent variables. We allow random effects to effectively drop out of the model by choosing mixture priors with point mass at zero for the random effects variances. Due to the reparameterization, the model enjoys a conditionally linear structure that facilitates the use of normal conjugate priors. We demonstrate that posterior computation can proceed via a simple and efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm. The methods are illustrated using simulated data and real data from a study relating prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and psychomotor development of children. |
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Keywords: | Bayes factor Homogeneity test Latent variables Longitudinal data MCMC Model averaging Variable selection Variance components |
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