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Table 3 Simulation results for four statistical methods under Scenario 3

From: Statistical strategies for constructing health risk models with multiple pollutants and their interactions: possible choices and comparisons

Predictor

β

Measure

BMA1

LASSO2

PLSR3

SPCA4

X 1

0.30

Estimate (ESE)

0.26 (0.18)

0.27 (0.05)

0.24 (0.07)

0.0013 (0.0070)

Percent included

88.5%

100%

N/A

5.6%

X 3

0.30

Estimate (ESE)

0.28 (0.15)

0.27 (0.04)

0.23 (0.06)

0.0005 (0.0036)

Percent included

95.8%

100%

N/A

3.8%

X 1 *X 3

0.10

Estimate (ESE)

0.11 (0.06)

0.11 (0.01)

0.10 (0.02)

0.19 (0.04)

Percent included

97.7%

100%

N/A

100%

 

Average model size

4.5

5.4

10

1.3

  1. Average estimated effects, empirical standard errors, percentages of correct identification of non-zero coefficients, and average model size corresponding to four statistical methods in a time-series study with count response and 4 air pollutants. Sample size for each replicate was N=400. The true model size was 3 with intercept not counted, and the possible maximum model size was 10. ESE, empirical standard error of the estimate. Results are based on 1000 replicates.
  2. Estimate of the non-zero predictor is calculated as the mean of the products that estimated regression coefficient of this predictor multiplies the indicator function that this predictor is correctly identified during each replication. The percentage of the non-zero predictor quantifies the proportion of correct identification of this predictor over 1000 replicates in each method. 1In BMA, predictors with their posterior probabilities greater than 10% are regarded as identified. 2Predictors with their estimated LASSO regression coefficients not equal to zero are considered identified. 3No variable selection has been applied in PLSR because it uses all predictors. 4In SPCA, predictors are identified if their Wald’s statistics from univariate models are larger than a threshold value.