A Transformation-free Linear Regression for Compositional Outcomes and Predictors

04/16/2020
by   Jacob Fiksel, et al.
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Compositional data are common in many fields, both as outcomes and predictor variables. The inventory of models for the case when both the outcome and predictor variables are compositional is limited and the existing models are difficult to interpret, due to their use of complex log-ratio transformations. We develop a transformation-free linear regression model where the expected value of the compositional outcome is expressed as a single Markov transition from the compositional predictor. Our approach is based on generalized method of moments thereby not requiring complete specification of data likelihood and is robust to different data generating mechanism. Our model is simple to interpret, allows for 0s and 1s in both the compositional outcome and covariates, and subsumes several interesting subcases of interest. We also develop a permutation test for linear independence. Finally, we show that despite its simplicity, our model accurately captures the relationship between compositional data from education and medical research.

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