Weak signal identification and inference in penalized likelihood models for categorical responses

08/18/2021
by   Yuexia Zhang, et al.
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Penalized likelihood models are widely used to simultaneously select variables and estimate model parameters. However, the existence of weak signals can lead to inaccurate variable selection, biased parameter estimation, and invalid inference. Thus, identifying weak signals accurately and making valid inferences are crucial in penalized likelihood models. In this paper, we develop a unified approach to identify weak signals and make inferences in penalized likelihood models, including the special case when the responses are categorical. To identify weak signals, we utilize the estimated selection probability of each covariate as a measure of signal strength and formulate a signal identification criterion. To construct confidence intervals, we adopt a two-step inference procedure. Extensive simulation studies show that the proposed two-step inference procedure outperforms several existing methods. We illustrate the proposed method with an application to the Practice Fusion diabetes dataset.

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