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- From: charvey@teal.csn.org (Chip Harvey)
- Subject: Misspecified linear regression model?
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:13:10 GMT
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- Here is a linear regression problem over which two of us are arguing. Any
- help would be appreciated.
-
- We are examining the performance of a Passive ozone (pollutant) sampling
- Device (P). We have "true" ozone concentrations from a Continuous
- analyzer device (C) with known precision and accuracy co-located with P.
- It is suspected that P differs from the ozone concentration (C) according
- to other environmental conditions (e.g. temp, time of P exposure, etc.) and
- we want to get a handle on these other explantory variables.
-
- The OTHER GUY says that we should model the DIFFERENCE, P-C, as a function of
- these other explanatory variables. I say that we should be modeling P as a
- function of C and other explantory variables. I claim that OTHER GUY's
- model will be misspecified unless (1) C is uncorrelated with the
- explanatory variables and (2) the regression coefficient corresponding to C
- (if C were to be included as an explanatory variable) is 1.
-
- i.e. I claim the following (parentheses denote subscripts):
-
- suppose true model is P = b(0) + b(1) C + X(2)'B(2) + ε(1) (1)
- where B(2) and X(2) are vectors of parameters and explantory variables.
-
- We fit model P-C = b(3) + X(2)'B(4) + ε(2)
- ====> P = b(3) + 1 C + X(2)'B(4) + ε(2) (2)
-
- The difference between (1) and (2) is the misspecification:
-
- b(0) - b(3) + [b(1)-1]C + X(2)'[B(2) - B(4)] + ε(1)-ε(2) (3)
-
- It seems to me that by fitting his model, we are forcing b(1) = 1, and that
- there will be biases resulting from 1) deviation of b(1) from 1, and 2)
- correlation between C and X(2). I don't think there's any way of saying
- anything about ε(1)-ε(2), except that this quantity differs from ε(1).
-
- Am I essentially correct or am I missing a concept?
-
- thanks.
-
- Chip Harvey
- charvey@csn.org
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