1. The betaboost package-a software tool for modelling bounded outcome variables in potentially high-dimensional epidemiological data.
- Author
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Mayr A, Weinhold L, Hofner B, Titze S, Gefeller O, and Schmid M
- Subjects
- Biomedical Research statistics & numerical data, Epidemiologic Methods, Humans, Algorithms, Regression Analysis, Software
- Abstract
Motivation: To provide an integrated software environment for model fitting and variable selection in regression models with a bounded outcome variable., Implementation: The proposed modelling framework is implemented in the add-on package betaboost of the statistical software environment R., General Features: The betaboost methodology is based on beta-regression, which is a state-of-the-art method for modelling bounded outcome variables. By combining traditional model fitting techniques with recent advances in statistical learning and distributional regression, betaboost allows users to carry out data-driven variable and/or confounder selection in potentially high-dimensional epidemiological data. The software package implements a flexible routine to incorporate linear and non-linear predictor effects in both the mean and the precision parameter (relating inversely to the variance) of a beta-regression model., Availability: The software is hosted publicly at [http://github.com/boost-R/betaboost] and has been published under General Public License (GPL) version 3 or newer.
- Published
- 2018
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