TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of robust regression in biomedical science research
AU - Varin, Sacha
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.
PY - 2019/8/6
Y1 - 2019/8/6
N2 - It is a fact that most real-world datasets in biomedical research contain outliers and leverage points. To define what an outlier and a leverage point is, let us assume a Y\X regression model where Y is the outcome variable and X the independent covariate(s). Outliers are Y outcome observations that are distant from the majority of the other observations (in terms of the y-axis). Outliers can sometimes be influential, meaning they can substantially impact the results of a regression analysis, i.e., the estimated b-coefficients and, consequently, the predicted outcome y variable. However, at this point we have to distinguish between (a) “non-influential” outliers i.e., those that have a minimal impact on the estimated regression model but will still lead to an overestimation of the standard error and (b) the “influential” outliers which seriously impact the estimated model because they “pull” the regression line towards themselves [1].
AB - It is a fact that most real-world datasets in biomedical research contain outliers and leverage points. To define what an outlier and a leverage point is, let us assume a Y\X regression model where Y is the outcome variable and X the independent covariate(s). Outliers are Y outcome observations that are distant from the majority of the other observations (in terms of the y-axis). Outliers can sometimes be influential, meaning they can substantially impact the results of a regression analysis, i.e., the estimated b-coefficients and, consequently, the predicted outcome y variable. However, at this point we have to distinguish between (a) “non-influential” outliers i.e., those that have a minimal impact on the estimated regression model but will still lead to an overestimation of the standard error and (b) the “influential” outliers which seriously impact the estimated model because they “pull” the regression line towards themselves [1].
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090902398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5114/AOMS.2019.86184
DO - 10.5114/AOMS.2019.86184
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85090902398
SN - 1734-1922
VL - 16
SP - 1267
EP - 1269
JO - Archives of Medical Science
JF - Archives of Medical Science
IS - 5
ER -