Title
A quantile parametric mixed regression model for bounded response variables
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
International Press of Boston, Inc.
Abstract
Bounded response variables are common in many applications where the responses are percentages, proportions, or rates. New regression models have been proposed recently to model the relationship among one or more covariates and the conditional mean of a response variable based on the beta distribution or a mixture of beta distributions. However, when we are interested in knowing how covariates impact different levels of the response variable, quantile regression models play an important role. A new quantile parametric mixed regression model for bounded response variables is presented by considering the distribution introduced by [27]. A Bayesian approach is adopted for inference using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Model comparison criteria are also discussed. The inferential methods can be easily programmed and then easily used for data modeling. Results from a simulation study are reported showing the good performance of the proposed inferential methods. Furthermore, results from data analyses using regression models with fixed and mixed effects are given. Specifically, we show that the quantile parametric model proposed here is an alternative and complementary modeling tool for bounded response variables such as the poverty index in Brazilian municipalities, which is linked to the Gini coefficient and the human development index.
Start page
483
End page
493
Volume
10
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Matemáticas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85011320948
Source
Statistics and its Interface
Resource of which it is part
Statistics and its Interface
ISSN of the container
19387989
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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