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STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 Negative Binomial Regression Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Data Input........................................................................................................................................ 3 Statistical Model ............................................................................................................................. 3 Analysis Summary .......................................................................................................................... 4 Analysis Options ............................................................................................................................. 7 Plot of Fitted Model ........................................................................................................................ 8 Observed Versus Predicted ........................................................................................................... 10 Predictions..................................................................................................................................... 10 Confidence Intervals ..................................................................................................................... 11 Correlation Matrix ........................................................................................................................ 11 Unusual Residuals ......................................................................................................................... 12 Residual Plots................................................................................................................................ 13 Influential Points ........................................................................................................................... 14 Save Results .................................................................................................................................. 16 Calculations................................................................................................................................... 16 Summary The Negative Binomial Regression procedure is designed to fit a regression model in which the dependent variable Y consists of counts. The fitted regression model relates Y to one or more predictor variables X, which may be either quantitative or categorical. The procedure fits a model using either maximum likelihood or weighted least squares. Stepwise selection of variables is an option. Likelihood ratio tests are performed to test the significance of the model coefficients. The fitted model may be plotted and predictions generated from it. Unusual residuals are identified and plotted. This procedure is similar to the Poisson Regression procedure, except that the conditional variance of Y is allowed to be greater than the mean. It is thus useful for counts that are “overdispersed” compared to those from a Poisson process. Sample StatFolio: Negbin reg.sgp 2013 by StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Negative Binomial Regression - 1 STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 Sample Data The file crabs.sgd contains a set of data from a study of horseshoe crabs, reported by Agresti (2002). The data consist of information on n = 173 female horseshoe crabs. A portion of the data is shown below: Satellites Width 8 28.3 0 22.5 9 26 0 24.8 4 26 0 23.8 0 26.5 0 24.7 0 23.7 0 25.6 … … It was desired to relate the number of Satellites (male crabs residing nearby) to the carapace Width of the female crabs. 2013 by StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Negative Binomial Regression - 2 STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 Data Input The data input dialog box requests information about the input variables: Dependent Variable: a numeric variable containing the n values of dependent variable yi. Y must consist of non-negative integer counts. (Sample Sizes): optional sample sizes ti corresponding to each count. If not specified, all ti are set equal to 1. Quantitative Factors: numeric columns containing the values of any quantitative factors to be included in the model. Categorical Factors: numeric or non-numeric columns containing the levels of any categorical factors to be included in the model. Select: subset selection. Statistical Model The statistical model assumed for the data is that the values of the dependent variable Y follow a negative binomial distribution of the form 2013 by StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Negative Binomial Regression - 3 STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 1 Y (Y 1 ) 1 p Y , > 0, 0 (1) 1 1 1 (Y 1)( ) where the mean is the product of , the rate at which events occurs, and the sampling period t according to E(Y) = = t (2) The variance of Y is given by Var(Y) = (3) If = 0, the negative binomial distribution reduces to the Poisson distribution. It is further assumed that the rate is related to the predictor variables through a log-linear link function of the form log 0 1 X1 2 X 2 ... k X k (4) Analysis Summary The Analysis Summary displays a table showing the estimated model and tests of significance for the model coefficients. Typical output is shown below: Negative Binomial Regression - Satellites Dependent variable: Satellites Factors: Width Number of observations: 173 Estimated Regression Model (Maximum Likelihood) Standard Estimated Parameter Estimate Error Rate Ratio CONSTANT -4.75395 0.267509 Width 0.22032 0.00940901 1.24648 Alpha 0.566406 Analysis of Deviance Source Deviance Df P-Value Model 24.0164 1 0.0000 Residual 275.024 171 0.0000 Total (corr.) 299.04 172 Percentage of deviance explained by model = 8.03116 Adjusted percentage = 6.69355 Likelihood Ratio Tests Factor Chi-Squared Df P-Value Width 24.0164 1 0.0000 Alpha 195.893 1 0.0000 Residual Analysis Estimation Validation n 173 MSE 165.698 MAE 3.27878 MAPE ME -1.3307 MPE 2013 by StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Negative Binomial Regression - 4 STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 The output includes: Data Summary: a summary of the input data. Estimated Regression Model: estimates of the coefficients in the regression model, with standard errors and estimated rate ratios. The rate ratios are calculated from the model ˆ coefficients j by ˆ rate ratio = exp j (5) The rate ratio represents the percentage increase in the rate of events for each unit increase in X. Analysis of Deviance: decomposition of the deviance of the data into an explained (Model) component and an unexplained (Residual) component. Deviance compares the likelihood function for a model to the largest value that the likelihood function could achieve, in a manner such that a perfect model would have a deviance equal to 0. There are 3 lines in the table: 1. Total (corr.) – the deviance of a model containing only a constant term, (0). 2. Residual – the deviance remaining after the model has been fit. 3. Model – the reduction in the deviance due to the predictor variables, (1,2,…,k|0), equal to the difference between the other two components. The P-Value for the Model tests whether the addition of the predictor variables significantly reduces the deviance compared to a model containing only a constant term. A small P-Value (less than 0.05 if operating at the 5% significance level) indicates that the model has significantly reduced the deviance and is thus a useful for predictor for Y. The P-Value for the Residual term tests whether there is significant lack-of-fit, i.e., whether a better model may be possible. A small P-value indicates that significant deviance remains in the residuals, so that a better model might be possible. Percentage of Deviance – the percentage of deviance explained by the model, calculated by , ,..., | R2 1 2 k 0 (6) 0 It is similar to an R-squared statistic in multiple regression, in that it can range from 0% to 100%. An adjusted deviance is also computed from 2 1, 2 ,..., k | 0 2p Radj (7) 0 2013 by StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Negative Binomial Regression - 5 STATGRAPHICS – Rev. 9/16/2013 where p equals the number of coefficients in the fitted model, including the constant term. It is similar to the adjusted R-squared statistic in that it compensates for the number of variables in the model. Likelihood Ratio Tests – a test of significance for each effect in the fitted model, and for the negative binomial parameter . The tests for the effects compare the likelihood function of the full model to that of the model in which only the indicated effect has been dropped. Small P-values indicate that the model has been improved significantly by the corresponding effect. The test for compares the fitted model against a Poisson regression model, corresponding to = 0. A small P-Value for that test indicates that the data are significantly overdispersed (the variance is greater than the mean). Residual Analysis – if a subset of the rows in the datasheet have been excluded from the analysis using the Select field on the data input dialog box, the fitted model is used to make predictions of the Y values for those rows. This table shows statistics on the prediction errors, defined by ei yi ˆ i (8) Included are the mean squared error (MSE), the mean absolute error (MAE), the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), the mean error (ME), and the mean percentage error (MPE). These validation statistics can be compared to the statistics for the fitted model to determine how well that model predicts observations outside of the data used to fit it. The fitted
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