R functions for regression analysis cheat sheet
29th May 2012
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29th May 2012
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29th May 2012
Usually I’m using 10-fold (non-stratified) CV to measure the predictive power of the models: it gives consistent results, and is easy to perform (at least on smaller datasets).
Just came across the Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC) and Schwarz Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). Citing robjhyndman,
Asymptotically, minimizing the AIC is equivalent to minimizing the CV value. This is true for any model (Stone 1977), not just linear models. It is this property that makes the AIC so useful in model selection when the purpose is prediction.
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Because of the heavier penalty, the model chosen by BIC is either the same as that chosen by AIC, or one with fewer terms. Asymptotically, for linear models minimizing BIC is equivalent to leave–v–out cross-validation when v = n[1-1/(log(n)-1)] (Shao 1997).
Want to try AIC and maybe BIC on my models. Conveniently, both functions exist in R.
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29th March 2010
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24th January 2010
MathIsFun offers nicely illustrated pages on math, algebra, geometry and maybe more.
For example, there is a step-by-step instruction on calculating variance and standard deviation for a set of measured dog heights, with a final picture (below) illustrating one-sigma distance from the mean. Unfortunately, concepts of normal distribution and %% of data points within each sigma range are not discussed, but that might as well be too much for a nice explanation. There are also animations, like this mean machine. Overall, MathIsFun is a nice resource for younglings.
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14th September 2006
I am doing some simple statistics now, and had to review some basic concepts like standard deviation.
As a note to myself and anyone interested, here it stays.
The mean is just a sum of all your numerical observations, divided by the number of observations. E.g., if you have measured how tall your 5 children are, and got the values 1.42, 1.56, 1.05, 1.89, 1.92, the “mean height” of your children will be x = (1.42 + 1.56 + 1.05 + 1.89 + 1.92) / 5, x = 7.84 / 5 = 1.568 (all values in metres).
The mean itself doesn’t tell you much, however. If you had this 1.568 mean available, you wouldn’t know even the range of heights.
The standard deviation helps with this. First of all, it is measured in the same units as initial data – i.e. metres in our example. Second, it gives you an idea of how strongly do the measured values differ in your sample – the bigger the deviation, the longer is the value range measured in the sample.
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