Stat 112: Lecture 10 Notes Fitting Curvilinear Relationships –Polynomial Regression (Ch ) –Transformations (Ch ) Schedule: –Homework 3 due on Thursday. –Quiz 2 next

Curvilinear Relationship Reconsider the simple regression problem of estimating the conditional mean of y given x, For many problems, is not linear. Linear regression model makes restrictive assumption that increase in mean of y|x for a one unit increase in x equals Curvilinear relationship: is a curve, not a straight line; increase in mean of y|x is not the same for all x.

Example 1: How does rainfall affect yield? Data on average corn yield and rainfall in six U.S. states ( ), cornyield.JMP

Example 2: How do people’s incomes change as they age Weekly wages and age of 200 randomly chosen males between ages 18 and 70 from the 1998 March Current Population Survey

Example 3: Display.JMP A large chain of liquor stores would like to know how much display space in its stores to devote to a new wine. It collects sales and display space data from 47 of its stores.

Polynomial Regression Add powers of x as additional explanatory variables in a multiple regression model. Often is used in the place of x. This does not affect the that is obtained from the multiple regression model. Quadratic model (K=2) is often sufficient.

Polynomial Regression in JMP Two ways to fit model: –Create variables. Use fit model with variables –Use Fit Y by X. Click on red triangle next to Bivariate Analysis … and click Fit Polynomial instead of the usual Fit Line. This method produces nicer plots.

Interpretation of coefficients in polynomial regression The usual interpretation of multiple regression coefficients doesn’t make sense in polynomial regresssion. We can’t hold x fixed and change. Effect of increasing x by one unit depends on the starting x=x*

Interpretation of coefficients in wage data

Choosing the order in polynomial regression Is it necessary to include a kth order term ? Test vs. Choose largest k so that test still rejects (at 0.05 level) If we use, always keep the lower order terms in the model. For corn yield data, use K=2 polynomial regression model. For income data, use K=2 polynomial regression model

Transformations Curvilinear relationship: E(Y|X) is not a straight line. Another approach to fitting curvilinear relationships is to transform Y or x. Transformations: Perhaps E(f(Y)|g(X)) is a straight line, where f(Y) and g(X) are transformations of Y and X, and a simple linear regression model holds for the response variable f(Y) and explanatory variable g(X).

Curvilinear Relationship Y=Life Expectancy in 1999 X=Per Capita GDP (in US Dollars) in 1999 Data in gdplife.JMP Linearity assumption of simple linear regression is clearly violated. The increase in mean life expectancy for each additional dollar of GDP is less for large GDPs than Small GDPs. Decreasing returns to increases in GDP.

The mean of Life Expectancy | Log Per Capita appears to be approximately a straight line.

How do we use the transformation? Testing for association between Y and X: If the simple linear regression model holds for f(Y) and g(X), then Y and X are associated if and only if the slope in the regression of f(Y) and g(X) does not equal zero. P-value for test that slope is zero is <.0001: Strong evidence that per capita GDP and life expectancy are associated. Prediction and mean response: What would you predict the life expectancy to be for a country with a per capita GDP of $20,000?

How do we choose a transformation? Tukey’s Bulging Rule. See Handout. Match curvature in data to the shape of one of the curves drawn in the four quadrants of the figure in the handout. Then use the associated transformations, selecting one for either X, Y or both.

Transformations in JMP 1.Use Tukey’s Bulging rule (see handout) to determine transformations which might help. 2.After Fit Y by X, click red triangle next to Bivariate Fit and click Fit Special. Experiment with transformations suggested by Tukey’s Bulging rule. 3.Make residual plots of the residuals for transformed model vs. the original X by clicking red triangle next to Transformed Fit to … and clicking plot residuals. Choose transformations which make the residual plot have no pattern in the mean of the residuals vs. X. 4.Compare different transformations by looking for transformation with smallest root mean square error on original y-scale. If using a transformation that involves transforming y, look at root mean square error for fit measured on original scale.

` By looking at the root mean square error on the original y-scale, we see that all of the transformations improve upon the untransformed model and that the transformation to log x is by far the best.

The transformation to Log X appears to have mostly removed a trend in the mean of the residuals. This means that. There is still a problem of nonconstant variance.

Comparing models for curvilinear relationships In comparing two transformations, use transformation with lower RMSE, using the fit measured on the original scale if y was transformed on the original y-scale [this is equivalent to choosing the transformation with the higher or ] In comparing transformations to polynomial regression models, compare of best transformation to best polynomial regression model (selected using the criterion on slide 10). If the transfomation’s is close to (e.g., within.01) but not as high as the polynomial regression’s, it is still reasonable to use the transformation on the grounds of parsimony.

(Section 4.3.1) Problem with : it never decreases even if we add useless variables.. This can decrease if useless variables are added. Useful for comparing regression models with different numbers of variables. No longer represents proportion of variation in y explained by multiple regression line. Found under Summary of Fit in JMP.

Transformations and Polynomial Regression for Display.JMP R2R2 Linear log x /x Fourth order poly Fourth order polynomial is the best polynomial regression model using the criterion on slide 10 Fourth order polynomial is the best model – it has the highest

Summary Two methods for fitting regression models for curvilinear relationships: –Polynomial Regression –Transformations