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Record W3016429155 · doi:10.5539/ijsp.v9n3p54

A Comparison of a General Linear Model and the Ratio Estimator

2020· article· en· W3016429155 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Morteza Marzjarani

Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Statistics and Probability · 2020
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMathematics
TopicAdvanced Statistical Methods and Models
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHeteroscedasticityOutlierEstimatorEconometricsStatisticsGeneral linear modelGeneralized linear modelRatio estimatorMathematicsLinear modelMean squared errorBias of an estimatorMinimum-variance unbiased estimator

Abstract

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In data analysis, selecting a proper statistical model is a challenging issue. Upon the selection, there are other important factors impacting the results. In this article, two statistical models, a General Linear Model (GLM) and the Ratio Estimator will be compared. Where applicable, some issues such as heteroscedasticity, outliers, etc. and the role they play in data analysis will be studied. For reducing the severity of heteroscedasticity, Weighted Least Square (WLS), Generalized Least Square (GLS), and Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) will be deployed. Also, a revised version of FGLS is introduced. Since these issues are data dependent, shrimp effort data collected in the Gulf of Mexico for the years 2005 through 2018 will be used and it is shown that the revised FGLS reduces the impact of heteroscedasticity significantly compared to that of FGLS. The data sets will also be checked for the outliers and corrections are made (where applicable). It is concluded that these issues play a significant role in data analysis and must be taken seriously. Further, the two statistical models, that is, the GLM and the Ratio Estimator are compared.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

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)0.042
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.118
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 score0.042
Threshold uncertainty score0.223

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0420.118
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.003
Bibliometrics0.0020.004
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.005
Open science0.0030.002
Research integrity0.0020.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.002

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 head0.158
GPT teacher head0.460
Teacher spread0.302 · 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

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2020
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