Perturbation selection and influence measures in local influence analysis

dc.creatorZhu, Hongtu
dc.creatorIbrahim, Joseph G.
dc.creatorLee, Sikyum
dc.creatorZhang, Heping
dc.date2008-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:17:47Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:17:47Z
dc.descriptionCook's [J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 48 (1986) 133--169] local influence approach based on normal curvature is an important diagnostic tool for assessing local influence of minor perturbations to a statistical model. However, no rigorous approach has been developed to address two fundamental issues: the selection of an appropriate perturbation and the development of influence measures for objective functions at a point with a nonzero first derivative. The aim of this paper is to develop a differential--geometrical framework of a perturbation model (called the perturbation manifold) and utilize associated metric tensor and affine curvatures to resolve these issues. We will show that the metric tensor of the perturbation manifold provides important information about selecting an appropriate perturbation of a model. Moreover, we will introduce new influence measures that are applicable to objective functions at any point. Examples including linear regression models and linear mixed models are examined to demonstrate the effectiveness of using new influence measures for the identification of influential observations.
dc.descriptionPublished in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053607000000343 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2986
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2986
dc.identifierAnnals of Statistics 2007, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2565-2588
dc.identifierdoi:10.1214/009053607000000343
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/212192
dc.subjectStatistics Theory
dc.subject62J20 (Primary) 62-07 (Secondary)
dc.titlePerturbation selection and influence measures in local influence analysis
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