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Record W2024095064 · doi:10.5539/ijsp.v2n3p101

A New Algorithm for Detecting Outliers in Linear Regression

2013· article· en· W2024095064 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Mehmet Hakan Satman

Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Statistics and Probability · 2013
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMathematics
TopicAdvanced Statistical Methods and Models
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsOutlierMathematicsMahalanobis distanceEstimatorCovarianceStatisticsAlgorithmCovariance matrixLinear regressionComputationMonte Carlo methodRobust regression

Abstract

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In this paper, we present a new algorithm for detecting multiple outliers in linear regression. The algorithm is based on a non-iterative robust covariance matrix and concentration steps used in LTS estimation. A robust covariance matrix is constructed to calculate Mahalanobis distances of independent variables which are then used as weights in weighted least squares estimation. A few concentration steps are then performed using the observations that have smallest residuals. We generate random data sets for $n=10^3, 10^4, 10^5$ and $p=5,10$ to show up the capabilities of the algorithm. In our Monte Carlo simulations, it is shown that our algorithm has very low masking and swamping ratios when the number of observations is up to $10^4$ in the case of maximum contamination in X-Space. It is also shown that, the algorithm is successful in the case of Y-Space outliers when the contamination level, sample size and number of parameters are up to $30\%$, $n=10^5$, and $p=10$, respectively. Bias, variance and MSE statistics are calculated for different scenarios. The reported computation time of our implementation is quite short. It is concluded that the presented algorithm is suitable and applicable for detecting multiple outliers in regression analysis with its small masking and swamping ratios, accurate estimates of regression parameters except the intercept, and short computation time in large data sets and high level of contamination. A future work is required for reducing bias and variance of the intercept estimator in the model.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.010
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.013

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.010
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.002
Bibliometrics0.0020.002
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0030.002
Research integrity0.0020.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.004

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.079
GPT teacher head0.421
Teacher spread0.342 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

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