12  Logistic Model Case Study: Survival of Titanic Passengers

Data source: The Titanic Passenger List edited by Michael A. Findlay, originally published in Eaton & Haas (1994) Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy, Patrick Stephens Ltd, and expanded with the help of the Internet community. The original html files were obtained from Philip Hind (1999). The dataset was compiled and interpreted by Thomas Cason. It is available in R and spreadsheet formats from hbiostat.org/data under the name titanic3.

12.1 Descriptive Statistics

Code
require(rms)
options(prType='html')   # for print, summary, anova
getHdata(titanic3)        # get dataset from web site
# List of names of variables to analyze
v <- c('pclass','survived','age','sex','sibsp','parch')
t3 <- titanic3[, v]
units(t3$age) <- 'years'
describe(t3)
t3 Descriptives
t3

6 Variables   1309 Observations

pclass
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nmissingdistinct
130903
 Value        1st   2nd   3rd
 Frequency    323   277   709
 Proportion 0.247 0.212 0.542 

survived: Survived
nmissingdistinctInfoSumMean
1309020.7085000.382

age: Age years
image
nmissingdistinctInfoMeanpMedianGmd.05.10.25.50.75.90.95
1046263980.99929.882916.06 5142128395057
lowest : 0.1667 0.3333 0.4167 0.6667 0.75 , highest: 70.5 71 74 76 80
sex
nmissingdistinct
130902
 Value      female   male
 Frequency     466    843
 Proportion  0.356  0.644 

sibsp: Number of Siblings/Spouses Aboard
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nmissingdistinctInfoMeanpMedianGmd
1309070.670.49890.50.777
 Value          0     1     2     3     4     5     8
 Frequency    891   319    42    20    22     6     9
 Proportion 0.681 0.244 0.032 0.015 0.017 0.005 0.007 

parch: Number of Parents/Children Aboard
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nmissingdistinctInfoMeanpMedianGmd
1309080.5490.38500.6375
 Value          0     1     2     3     4     5     6     9
 Frequency   1002   170   113     8     6     6     2     2
 Proportion 0.765 0.130 0.086 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.002 0.002 

Code
spar(ps=6,rt=3)
dd <- datadist(t3)
# describe distributions of variables to rms
options(datadist='dd')
s <- summary(survived ~ age + sex + pclass +
             cut2(sibsp,0:3) + cut2(parch,0:3), data=t3)
plot(s, main='', subtitles=FALSE)
Figure 12.1: Univariable summaries of Titanic survival

Show 4-way relationships after collapsing levels. Suppress estimates based on \(<25\) passengers.

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Code
require(ggplot2)
tn <- transform(t3,
  agec = ifelse(age < 21, 'child', 'adult'),
  sibsp= ifelse(sibsp == 0, 'no sib/sp', 'sib/sp'),
  parch= ifelse(parch == 0, 'no par/child', 'par/child'))
g <- function(y) if(length(y) < 25) NA else mean(y)
s <- with(tn, summarize(survived,
           llist(agec, sex, pclass, sibsp, parch), g))
# llist, summarize in Hmisc package
ggplot(subset(s, agec != 'NA'),
  aes(x=survived, y=pclass, shape=sex)) +
  geom_point() + facet_grid(agec ~ sibsp * parch) +
  xlab('Proportion Surviving') + ylab('Passenger Class') +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks=c(0, .5, 1))
Figure 12.2: Multi-way summary of Titanic survival

12.3 Binary Logistic Model with Casewise Deletion of Missing Values

  • First fit a model that is saturated with respect to age, sex, pclass
  • Insufficient variation in sibsp, parch to fit complex interactions or nonlinearities.
  • With age appearing in so many terms, giving too many parameters to age creates instabilities and makes many bootstrap repetitions fail to converge or to yield singular covariance matrices
  • Use AIC to determine the global number of knots for age that is “best for the money” in terms of being the most likely to cross-validate well
Code
for(k in 3 : 5) {
  f <- lrm(survived ~ sex*pclass*rcs(age, k) +
           rcs(age, k)*(sibsp + parch), data=t3)
  cat('k=', k, '  AIC=', AIC(f), '\n')
}
k= 3   AIC= 922.9147 
k= 4   AIC= 916.6481 
k= 5   AIC= 921.2103 
  • 4 knots has best (lowest) AIC and we’ll use that going forward
  • Refit that model with x=TRUE, y=TRUE so can do likelihood ratio (LR) tests
  • But start with Wald tests
Code
f1 <- lrm(survived ~ sex*pclass*rcs(age,4) +
          rcs(age,4)*(sibsp + parch), data=t3, x=TRUE, y=TRUE)
print(f1, r2=1:4)   # print all 4 R^2 measures that use only the global LR chi-square

Logistic Regression Model

lrm(formula = survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age, 4) + rcs(age, 
    4) * (sibsp + parch), data = t3, x = TRUE, y = TRUE)
Frequencies of Missing Values Due to Each Variable
survived      sex   pclass      age    sibsp    parch 
       0        0        0      263        0        0 
Model Likelihood
Ratio Test
Discrimination
Indexes
Rank Discrim.
Indexes
Obs 1046 LR χ2 561.97 R21046 0.416 C 0.876
0 619 d.f. 31 R231,1046 0.398 Dxy 0.752
1 427 Pr(>χ2) <0.0001 R2758.1 0.524 γ 0.753
max |∂log L/∂β| 4×10-8 R231,758.1 0.504 τa 0.363
Brier 0.129
β S.E. Wald Z Pr(>|Z|)
Intercept   -2.2942  3.4139 -0.67 0.5016
sex=male   6.3349  4.2247 1.50 0.1337
pclass=2nd   14.3545  8.4676 1.70 0.0900
pclass=3rd   3.5271  3.2329 1.09 0.2753
age   0.3671  0.2187 1.68 0.0932
age'   -0.8270  0.5684 -1.45 0.1457
age''   2.9159  2.3083 1.26 0.2065
sibsp   -0.8241  0.3173 -2.60 0.0094
parch   0.2397  0.7406 0.32 0.7462
sex=male × pclass=2nd  -13.7220  9.0536 -1.52 0.1296
sex=male × pclass=3rd   -6.3991  4.3000 -1.49 0.1367
sex=male × age   -0.5937  0.2582 -2.30 0.0215
sex=male × age'   1.2395  0.6406 1.93 0.0530
sex=male × age''   -4.3891  2.5546 -1.72 0.0858
pclass=2nd × age   -0.9460  0.4793 -1.97 0.0484
pclass=3rd × age   -0.4106  0.2097 -1.96 0.0502
pclass=2nd × age'   2.2112  1.0827 2.04 0.0411
pclass=3rd × age'   0.7450  0.5632 1.32 0.1859
pclass=2nd × age''   -8.5918  4.1622 -2.06 0.0390
pclass=3rd × age''   -2.0708  2.3726 -0.87 0.3828
age × sibsp   0.0035  0.0277 0.13 0.9005
age' × sibsp   0.1309  0.1076 1.22 0.2237
age'' × sibsp   -0.7549  0.5438 -1.39 0.1651
age × parch   0.0145  0.0468 0.31 0.7558
age' × parch   -0.1092  0.1262 -0.87 0.3869
age'' × parch   0.5123  0.5365 0.95 0.3396
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age   0.7994  0.5140 1.56 0.1199
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age   0.4755  0.2641 1.80 0.0718
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age'   -1.9165  1.1706 -1.64 0.1016
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age'   -0.7422  0.6754 -1.10 0.2719
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age''   7.6432  4.5357 1.69 0.0920
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age''   1.1688  2.8864 0.40 0.6855
Code
anova(f1)
Wald Statistics for survived
χ2 d.f. P
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 187.59 12 <0.0001
All Interactions 60.55 11 <0.0001
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 100.33 16 <0.0001
All Interactions 47.44 14 <0.0001
age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 61.35 24 <0.0001
All Interactions 37.51 21 0.0147
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 28.15 16 0.0303
sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 20.38 4 0.0004
All Interactions 11.84 3 0.0080
parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 3.79 4 0.4349
All Interactions 3.79 3 0.2848
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 43.72 8 <0.0001
sex × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 14.39 9 0.1093
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 12.54 6 0.0510
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 4.95 2 0.0843
pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 18.59 12 0.0989
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 15.56 8 0.0492
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 9.22 4 0.0559
age × sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 11.84 3 0.0080
Nonlinear 2.22 2 0.3302
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 2.22 2 0.3302
age × parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 3.79 3 0.2848
Nonlinear 1.02 2 0.5994
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 1.02 2 0.5994
sex × pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 11.24 6 0.0813
Nonlinear 10.12 4 0.0385
TOTAL NONLINEAR 28.15 16 0.0303
TOTAL INTERACTION 77.40 23 <0.0001
TOTAL NONLINEAR + INTERACTION 80.04 25 <0.0001
TOTAL 243.00 31 <0.0001

Compute the slightly more time-consuming LR tests

Code
af1 <- anova(f1, test='LR')
print(af1, which='subscripts')
Likelihood Ratio Statistics for survived
χ2 d.f. P Tested
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 339.48 12 <0.0001 1,9-13,26-31
All Interactions 76.17 11 <0.0001 9-13,26-31
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 154.71 16 <0.0001 2-3,9-10,14-19,26-31
All Interactions 64.95 14 <0.0001 9-10,14-19,26-31
age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 109.11 24 <0.0001 4-6,11-31
All Interactions 53.85 21 0.0001 11-31
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 37.75 16 0.0016 5-6,12-13,16-19,21-22,24-25,28-31
sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 26.75 4 <0.0001 7,20-22
All Interactions 12.10 3 0.0070 20-22
parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 3.96 4 0.4109 8,23-25
All Interactions 3.95 3 0.2666 23-25
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 54.58 8 <0.0001 9-10,26-31
sex × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 19.68 9 0.0200 11-13,26-31
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 16.43 6 0.0116 12-13,28-31
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 7.76 2 0.0206 12-13
pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 27.45 12 0.0066 14-19,26-31
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 22.59 8 0.0039 16-19,28-31
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 12.97 4 0.0114 16-19
age × sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 12.10 3 0.0070 20-22
Nonlinear 2.26 2 0.3224 21-22
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 2.26 2 0.3224 21-22
age × parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 3.95 3 0.2666 23-25
Nonlinear 1.03 2 0.5990 24-25
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 1.03 2 0.5990 24-25
sex × pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 14.94 6 0.0207 26-31
Nonlinear 14.00 4 0.0073 28-31
TOTAL NONLINEAR 37.75 16 0.0016 5-6,12-13,16-19,21-22,24-25,28-31
TOTAL INTERACTION 107.47 23 <0.0001 9-31
TOTAL NONLINEAR + INTERACTION 117.47 25 <0.0001 5-6,9-31
TOTAL 561.97 31 <0.0001 1-31
  • In the RMS text, 5 knots were used for age and only Wald tests were performed
  • Large \(p\)-value for the 3rd order interaction was used to justify exclusion of these highest-order interactions from the model (and one other term)
  • More evidence for 3rd order interaction from the more accurate LR test
  • Keep this model

Show the many effects of predictors.

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Code
p <- Predict(f1, age, sex, pclass, sibsp=0, parch=0, fun=plogis)
ggplot(p)
Figure 12.5: Effects of predictors on probability of survival of Titanic passengers, estimated for zero siblings/spouses and zero parents/children
Code
ggplot(Predict(f1, sibsp, age=c(10,15,20,50), conf.int=FALSE))
#
Figure 12.6: Effect of number of siblings and spouses on the log odds of surviving, for third class males

Note that children having many siblings apparently had lower survival. Married adults had slightly higher survival than unmarried ones.

C

But moderate problem with missing data must be dealt with

12.4 Examining Missing Data Patterns

Code
spar(mfrow=c(2,2), top=1, ps=11)
na.patterns <- naclus(titanic3)
require(rpart)      # Recursive partitioning package
who.na <- rpart(is.na(age) ~ sex + pclass + survived +
                sibsp + parch, data=titanic3, minbucket=15)
naplot(na.patterns, 'na per var')
plot(who.na, margin=.1); text(who.na)
plot(na.patterns)
Figure 12.7: Patterns of missing data. Upper left panel shows the fraction of observations missing on each predictor. Lower panel depicts a hierarchical cluster analysis of missingness combinations. The similarity measure shown on the \(Y\)-axis is the fraction of observations for which both variables are missing. Right panel shows the result of recursive partitioning for predicting is.na(age). The rpart function found only strong patterns according to passenger class.
Code
spar(ps=7, rt=3)
plot(summary(is.na(age) ~ sex + pclass + survived +
             sibsp + parch, data=t3))
Figure 12.8: Univariable descriptions of proportion of passengers with missing age

But models almost always provide better descriptive statistics

Code
m <- lrm(is.na(age) ~ sex * pclass + survived + sibsp + parch,
         data=t3)
m

Logistic Regression Model

lrm(formula = is.na(age) ~ sex * pclass + survived + sibsp + 
    parch, data = t3)
Model Likelihood
Ratio Test
Discrimination
Indexes
Rank Discrim.
Indexes
Obs 1309 LR χ2 114.99 R2 0.133 C 0.703
FALSE 1046 d.f. 8 R28,1309 0.078 Dxy 0.406
TRUE 263 Pr(>χ2) <0.0001 R28,630.5 0.156 γ 0.451
max |∂log L/∂β| 5×10-6 Brier 0.148 τa 0.131
β S.E. Wald Z Pr(>|Z|)
Intercept  -2.2030  0.3641 -6.05 <0.0001
sex=male   0.6440  0.3953 1.63 0.1033
pclass=2nd  -1.0079  0.6658 -1.51 0.1300
pclass=3rd   1.6124  0.3596 4.48 <0.0001
survived  -0.1806  0.1828 -0.99 0.3232
sibsp   0.0435  0.0737 0.59 0.5548
parch  -0.3526  0.1253 -2.81 0.0049
sex=male × pclass=2nd   0.1347  0.7545 0.18 0.8583
sex=male × pclass=3rd  -0.8563  0.4214 -2.03 0.0422
Code
anova(m)
Wald Statistics for is.na(age)
χ2 d.f. P
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 5.61 3 0.1324
All Interactions 5.58 2 0.0614
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 68.43 4 <0.0001
All Interactions 5.58 2 0.0614
survived 0.98 1 0.3232
sibsp 0.35 1 0.5548
parch 7.92 1 0.0049
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 5.58 2 0.0614
TOTAL 82.90 8 <0.0001

pclass and parch are the important predictors of missing age.

12.5 Single Conditional Mean Imputation

Single imputation is not the preferred approach here. Click below to see this section.

First try: conditional mean imputation
Default spline transformation for age caused distribution of imputed values to be much different from non-imputed ones; constrain to linear. Also force discrete numeric variables to be linear because knots are hard to determine for them.

Code
xtrans <- transcan(~ I(age) + sex + pclass + I(sibsp) + I(parch),
                   imputed=TRUE, pl=FALSE, pr=FALSE, data=t3)
summary(xtrans)
transcan(x = ~I(age) + sex + pclass + I(sibsp) + I(parch), imputed = TRUE, 
    pr = FALSE, pl = FALSE, data = t3)

Iterations: 4 

R-squared achieved in predicting each variable:

   age    sex pclass  sibsp  parch 
 0.236  0.075  0.232  0.200  0.173 

Adjusted R-squared:

   age    sex pclass  sibsp  parch 
 0.233  0.072  0.229  0.197  0.170 

Coefficients of canonical variates for predicting each (row) variable

       age   sex   pclass sibsp parch
age           1.33  5.98  -3.16 -0.85
sex     0.04       -0.67  -0.04 -0.80
pclass  0.08 -0.32         0.14  0.02
sibsp  -0.02 -0.01  0.08         0.39
parch   0.00 -0.15  0.01   0.28      

Summary of imputed values

Starting estimates for imputed values:

   age    sex pclass  sibsp  parch 
    28      2      3      0      0 
Code
# Look at mean imputed values by sex,pclass and observed means
# age.i is age, filled in with conditional mean estimates
age.i <- with(t3, impute(xtrans, age, data=t3))
i <- is.imputed(age.i)
with(t3, tapply(age.i[i], list(sex[i],pclass[i]), mean))
            1st      2nd      3rd
female 37.64677 29.78567 21.67031
male   42.21854 32.55474 26.19231
Code
with(t3, tapply(age, list(sex,pclass), mean, na.rm=TRUE))
            1st      2nd      3rd
female 37.03759 27.49919 22.18531
male   41.02925 30.81540 25.96227
Code
dd   <- datadist(dd, age.i)
f.si <- lrm(survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age.i, 4) +
            rcs(age.i, 4) * (sibsp + parch), data=t3, x=TRUE, y=TRUE)
print(f.si, coefs=FALSE)

Logistic Regression Model

lrm(formula = survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age.i, 4) + rcs(age.i, 
    4) * (sibsp + parch), data = t3, x = TRUE, y = TRUE)
Model Likelihood
Ratio Test
Discrimination
Indexes
Rank Discrim.
Indexes
Obs 1309 LR χ2 649.29 R2 0.532 C 0.864
0 809 d.f. 31 R231,1309 0.376 Dxy 0.728
1 500 Pr(>χ2) <0.0001 R231,927 0.487 γ 0.732
max |∂log L/∂β| 0.0006 Brier 0.132 τa 0.344
Code
spar(ps=12)
p1 <- Predict(f1,   age,   pclass, sex, sibsp=0, fun=plogis)
p2 <- Predict(f.si, age.i, pclass, sex, sibsp=0, fun=plogis)
p  <- rbind('Casewise Deletion'=p1, 'Single Imputation'=p2,
            rename=c(age.i='age'))   # creates .set. variable
ggplot(p, groups='sex', ylab='Probability of Surviving')
anova(f.si, test='LR')
Likelihood Ratio Statistics for survived
χ2 d.f. P
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 399.94 12 <0.0001
All Interactions 74.26 11 <0.0001
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 163.16 16 <0.0001
All Interactions 61.31 14 <0.0001
age.i (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 109.88 24 <0.0001
All Interactions 55.34 21 <0.0001
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 40.70 16 0.0006
sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 28.84 4 <0.0001
All Interactions 12.81 3 0.0051
parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 1.55 4 0.8177
All Interactions 0.26 3 0.9681
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 50.28 8 <0.0001
sex × age.i (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 19.61 9 0.0205
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 15.35 6 0.0177
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 8.33 2 0.0156
pclass × age.i (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 23.86 12 0.0213
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 19.67 8 0.0117
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 11.63 4 0.0203
age.i × sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 12.81 3 0.0051
Nonlinear 1.50 2 0.4718
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 1.50 2 0.4718
age.i × parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.26 3 0.9681
Nonlinear 0.02 2 0.9876
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 0.02 2 0.9876
sex × pclass × age.i (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 11.88 6 0.0647
Nonlinear 10.57 4 0.0318
TOTAL NONLINEAR 40.70 16 0.0006
TOTAL INTERACTION 108.27 23 <0.0001
TOTAL NONLINEAR + INTERACTION 117.26 25 <0.0001
TOTAL 649.29 31 <0.0001
Figure 12.9: Predicted probability of survival for males from fit using casewise deletion (bottom) and single conditional mean imputation (top). is set to zero for these predicted values.
Figure 12.10: Predicted probability of survival for males from fit using casewise deletion (bottom) and single conditional mean imputation (top). is set to zero for these predicted values.
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12.6 Multiple Imputation

The following uses aregImpute with predictive mean matching. By default, aregImpute does not transform age when it is being predicted from the other variables. Four knots are used to transform age when used to impute other variables (not needed here as no other missings were present). Since the fraction of observations with missing age is \(\frac{263}{1309} = 0.2\) we use 20 imputations.

Force sibsp and parch to be linear for imputation, because their highly discrete distributions make it difficult to choose knots for splines.
Code
set.seed(17)         # so can reproduce random aspects
mi <- aregImpute(~ age + sex + pclass +
                 I(sibsp) + I(parch) + survived,
                 data=t3, n.impute=20, nk=4, pr=FALSE)
mi

Multiple Imputation using Bootstrap and PMM

aregImpute(formula = ~age + sex + pclass + I(sibsp) + I(parch) + 
    survived, data = t3, n.impute = 20, nk = 4, pr = FALSE)

n: 1309     p: 6    Imputations: 20     nk: 4 

Number of NAs:
     age      sex   pclass    sibsp    parch survived 
     263        0        0        0        0        0 

         type d.f.
age         s    1
sex         c    1
pclass      c    2
sibsp       l    1
parch       l    1
survived    l    1

Transformation of Target Variables Forced to be Linear

R-squares for Predicting Non-Missing Values for Each Variable
Using Last Imputations of Predictors
  age 
0.294 
Code
# Print the first 10 imputations for the first 10 passengers
#  having missing age
mi$imputed$age[1:10, 1:10]
    [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10]
16    29 71.0   62   41   24   71 48.0   30   28    33
38    42 58.0   58   64   62   28 51.0   36   29    29
41    42 32.5   55   24   58   60 54.0   47   23    54
47    31 28.5   48   37   60   50 28.5   38   42    47
60    28 42.0   38   31   58   21 45.0    2   61    42
70    38 58.0   30   17   43   39 64.0   52   33    30
71    37 46.0   30   47   30   36 47.0   65   30    40
75    62 46.0   47   70   65   54 21.0   47   46    56
81    24 25.0   17   28   36   29 42.0   56   48    41
107   42 23.0   60   41   46   58 21.0   61   33    62

Show the distribution of imputed (black) and actual ages (gray).

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Code
plot(mi)
Ecdf(t3$age, add=TRUE, col='gray', lwd=2,
     subtitles=FALSE)
Figure 12.11: Distributions of imputed and actual ages for the Titanic dataset. Imputed values are in black and actual ages in gray.
  • Fit logistic models for 20 completed datasets and print the ratio of imputation-corrected variances to average ordinary variances.
  • Use method of Chan & Meng to get LR tests
  • This method takes final \(\hat{\beta}\) from a single model fit on 20 stacked completed datasets
  • But standard errors come from the usual Rubin’s rule and the 20 fits
  • rms::processMI computes the LR statistics from special information saved by fit.mult.impute triggered by lrt=TRUE
  • The Hmisc package runifChanged function is used to save the result and not spend 1m running it again until an input changes
  • The rms LRupdate function is run to fix likelihood ratio-related statistics (LR test, its \(p\)-value, various \(R^2\) measures) using the overall Chan & Meng model LR \(\chi^2\) computed by processMI
  • Two of the \(R^2\) printed use an effective sample size of 927 for the unbalanced binary survived variable
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Code
runmi <- function()
  fit.mult.impute(survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age, 4) + rcs(age, 4) * (sibsp + parch),
                  lrm, mi, data=t3, pr=FALSE, lrt=TRUE)  # lrt implies x=TRUE y=TRUE + more
seed <- 17
f.mi <- runifChanged(runmi, seed, mi, t3)

Re-run because of changes in the following objects: mi 
Code
afmi <- processMI(f.mi, 'anova')
# Print imputation penalty indexes
prmiInfo(afmi)
Imputation penalties
Test Missing
Information
Fraction
Denominator
d.f.
χ2 Discount
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.131 13387.9 0.869
All Interactions 0.180 6455.1 0.820
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.106 27217.2 0.894
All Interactions 0.154 11285.5 0.846
age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.179 14281.1 0.821
All Interactions 0.175 12960.7 0.825
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.160 11937.3 0.840
sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.209 1744.4 0.791
All Interactions 0.215 1235.9 0.785
parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.179 2362.9 0.821
All Interactions 0.219 1183.5 0.781
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.153 6502.3 0.847
sex × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.210 3875.9 0.790
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.223 2293.9 0.777
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 0.000 Inf 1.000
pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.169 7940.7 0.831
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.186 4413.0 0.814
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 0.181 2330.0 0.819
age × sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.215 1235.9 0.785
Nonlinear 0.147 1765.7 0.853
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 0.147 1765.7 0.853
age × parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.219 1183.5 0.781
Nonlinear 0.213 837.2 0.787
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 0.213 837.2 0.787
sex × pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 0.215 2476.2 0.785
Nonlinear 0.260 1123.0 0.740
TOTAL NONLINEAR 0.160 11937.3 0.840
TOTAL INTERACTION 0.167 15608.7 0.833
TOTAL NONLINEAR + INTERACTION 0.165 17345.0 0.835
TOTAL 0.144 28342.6 0.856
  • None of the denominator d.f. is small enough for us to worry about the \(\chi^2\) approximation
  • Take the ratio of selected LR statistics after multiple imputation to that from casewise deletion
Code
afmi
Likelihood Ratio Statistics for survived
χ2 d.f. P
sex (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 345.17 12 <0.0001
All Interactions 59.41 11 <0.0001
pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 161.47 16 <0.0001
All Interactions 50.55 14 <0.0001
age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 101.66 24 <0.0001
All Interactions 43.61 21 0.0026
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 39.97 16 0.0008
sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 24.23 4 <0.0001
All Interactions 8.94 3 0.0300
parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 3.19 4 0.5272
All Interactions 1.72 3 0.6329
sex × pclass (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 42.26 8 <0.0001
sex × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 14.42 9 0.1081
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 11.47 6 0.0748
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 7.94 2 0.0189
pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 19.68 12 0.0734
Nonlinear (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 14.76 8 0.0639
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 8.93 4 0.0629
age × sibsp (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 8.94 3 0.0300
Nonlinear 1.26 2 0.5313
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 1.26 2 0.5313
age × parch (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 1.72 3 0.6329
Nonlinear 1.73 2 0.4214
Nonlinear Interaction : f(A,B) vs. AB 1.73 2 0.4214
sex × pclass × age (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 9.11 6 0.1676
Nonlinear 7.66 4 0.1050
TOTAL NONLINEAR 39.97 16 0.0008
TOTAL INTERACTION 87.90 23 <0.0001
TOTAL NONLINEAR + INTERACTION 100.00 25 <0.0001
TOTAL 567.58 31 <0.0001
Code
f.mi <- LRupdate(f.mi, afmi)
print(f.mi, r2=1:4)   # print all 4 imputation-adjusted R^2

Logistic Regression Model

fit.mult.impute(formula = survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age, 
    4) + rcs(age, 4) * (sibsp + parch), fitter = lrm, xtrans = mi, 
    data = t3, lrt = TRUE, pr = FALSE)
Model Likelihood
Ratio Test
Discrimination
Indexes
Rank Discrim.
Indexes
Obs 1309 LR χ2 567.58 R21309 0.352 C 0.868
0 809 d.f. 31 R231,1309 0.336 Dxy 0.736
1 500 Pr(>χ2) <0.0001 R2927 0.458 γ 0.737
max |∂log L/∂β| 0.003 R231,927 0.439 τa 0.347
Brier 0.130
β S.E. Wald Z Pr(>|Z|)
Intercept   -0.3199  3.2655 -0.10 0.9220
sex=male   5.8145  4.1248 1.41 0.1586
pclass=2nd   11.5383  8.2722 1.39 0.1631
pclass=3rd   2.3785  3.1614 0.75 0.4518
age   0.2701  0.2149 1.26 0.2087
age'   -0.6430  0.5367 -1.20 0.2309
age''   2.0278  2.2600 0.90 0.3696
sibsp   -0.7625  0.3165 -2.41 0.0160
parch   -0.4562  0.5576 -0.82 0.4133
sex=male × pclass=2nd  -11.5679  8.8620 -1.31 0.1918
sex=male × pclass=3rd   -6.0402  4.1905 -1.44 0.1495
sex=male × age   -0.5758  0.2578 -2.23 0.0255
sex=male × age'   1.2105  0.6099 1.98 0.0472
sex=male × age''   -3.8105  2.5114 -1.52 0.1292
pclass=2nd × age   -0.8021  0.4775 -1.68 0.0930
pclass=3rd × age   -0.3556  0.2096 -1.70 0.0898
pclass=2nd × age'   1.9084  1.0268 1.86 0.0631
pclass=3rd × age'   0.6770  0.5353 1.26 0.2059
pclass=2nd × age''   -6.6070  4.0714 -1.62 0.1046
pclass=3rd × age''   -1.8293  2.3224 -0.79 0.4309
age × sibsp   0.0070  0.0275 0.26 0.7981
age' × sibsp   0.0987  0.0986 1.00 0.3169
age'' × sibsp   -0.4979  0.5199 -0.96 0.3382
age × parch   0.0362  0.0396 0.91 0.3607
age' × parch   -0.1208  0.1115 -1.08 0.2783
age'' × parch   0.4435  0.5094 0.87 0.3839
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age   0.6870  0.5140 1.34 0.1813
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age   0.4564  0.2625 1.74 0.0821
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age'   -1.6435  1.1151 -1.47 0.1405
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age'   -0.7801  0.6367 -1.23 0.2205
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age''   5.7658  4.4553 1.29 0.1956
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age''   1.7728  2.7888 0.64 0.5250
Code
round(afmi[c(1,3,5,30), 'Chi-Square'] / af1[c(1,3,5,30), 'Chi-Square'], 3)
   sex  (Factor+Higher Order Factors) pclass  (Factor+Higher Order Factors) 
                                1.017                                 1.044 
   age  (Factor+Higher Order Factors)                                 TOTAL 
                                0.932                                 1.010 

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  • Using all available data resulted in increases in predictive information for sex, pclass and strangely a reduction for age

For each completed dataset run bootstrap validation of model performance indexes and the nonparametric calibration curve. Because the 20 analyses of completed datasets help to average out some of the noise in bootstrap estimates we can use fewer bootstrap repetitions (100) than usual (300 or so).

Code
val <- function(fit)
  list(validate  = validate (fit, B=100),
       calibrate = calibrate(fit, B=100) )

runmi <- function()
  fit.mult.impute(       # 1m
    survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age,4) +
    rcs(age,4) * (sibsp + parch),
    lrm, mi, data=t3, pr=FALSE,
    fun=val, fitargs=list(x=TRUE, y=TRUE))
seed <- 19
f <- runifChanged(runmi, seed, mi, t3, val)

Re-run because of changes in the following objects: mi 

  • Display the 20 bootstrap internal validations averaged over the multiple imputations.
  • Show the 20 individual calibration curves then the first 3 in more detail followed by the overall calibration estimate
Code
val <- processMI(f, 'validate')
print(val, digits=3)
Index Original
Sample
Training
Sample
Test
Sample
Optimism Corrected
Index
Lower Upper Successful
Resamples
Dxy 0.739 0.754 0.728 0.026 0.713 0.671 0.755 1545
R2 0.543 0.561 0.495 0.066 0.477 0.308 0.562 1545
Intercept 0 0 -0.109 0.109 -0.109 -0.415 0.133 1545
Slope 1 1 0.832 0.168 0.832 0.421 1.062 1545
Emax 0 0 0.068 -0.068 0.068 -0.018 0.281 1545
D 0.509 0.532 0.453 0.078 0.431 0.25 0.531 1545
U -0.002 -0.002 0.005 -0.006 0.005 -0.041 0.051 1545
Q 0.511 0.533 0.449 0.085 0.426 0.243 0.536 1545
B 0.129 0.126 0.133 -0.007 0.136 0.124 0.149 1545
g 2.392 3.587 2.714 0.873 1.519 -18.671 2.623 1545
gp 0.352 0.358 0.331 0.026 0.326 0.238 0.362 1545
Code
spar(mfrow=c(2,2), top=1, bot=2)
cal <- processMI(f, 'calibrate', nind=3)

n=1309   Mean absolute error=0.009   Mean squared error=0.00013
0.9 Quantile of absolute error=0.018

n=1309   Mean absolute error=0.008   Mean squared error=1e-04
0.9 Quantile of absolute error=0.016

n=1309   Mean absolute error=0.009   Mean squared error=0.00018
0.9 Quantile of absolute error=0.022

n=1309   Mean absolute error=0.009   Mean squared error=0.00017
0.9 Quantile of absolute error=0.022
Code
# plot(cal) for full-size final calibration curve
Figure 12.12: Estimated calibration curves for the Titanic risk model, accounting for multiple imputation
Figure 12.13: Estimated calibration curves for the Titanic risk model, accounting for multiple imputation

Return to the stacked fit and compare it to the fit from single imputation

Code
p1 <- Predict(f.si,  age.i, pclass, sex, sibsp=0, fun=plogis)
p2 <- Predict(f.mi,  age,   pclass, sex, sibsp=0, fun=plogis)
p  <- rbind('Single Imputation'=p1, 'Multiple Imputation'=p2,
            rename=c(age.i='age'))
ggplot(p, groups='sex', ylab='Probability of Surviving')
Figure 12.14: Predicted probability of survival for males from fit using single conditional mean imputation again (top) and multiple random draw imputation (bottom). Both sets of predictions are for sibsp=0.

12.7 Summarizing the Fitted Model

Show odds ratios for changes in predictor values

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Code
spar(bot=1, top=0.5, ps=8)
# Get predicted values for certain types of passengers
s <- summary(f.mi, age=c(1,30), sibsp=0:1)
# override default ranges for 3 variables
plot(s, log=TRUE, main='')
Figure 12.15: Odds ratios for some predictor settings
Code
phat <- predict(f.mi,
                combos <-
         expand.grid(age=c(2,21,50),sex=levels(t3$sex),
                     pclass=levels(t3$pclass),
                     sibsp=0, parch=0), type='fitted')
# Can also use Predict(f.mi, age=c(2,21,50), sex, pclass,
#                      sibsp=0, fun=plogis)$yhat
options(digits=1)
data.frame(combos, phat)
   age    sex pclass sibsp parch phat
1    2 female    1st     0     0 0.55
2   21 female    1st     0     0 0.99
3   50 female    1st     0     0 0.96
4    2   male    1st     0     0 0.99
5   21   male    1st     0     0 0.49
6   50   male    1st     0     0 0.28
7    2 female    2nd     0     0 1.00
8   21 female    2nd     0     0 0.88
9   50 female    2nd     0     0 0.80
10   2   male    2nd     0     0 0.99
11  21   male    2nd     0     0 0.11
12  50   male    2nd     0     0 0.07
13   2 female    3rd     0     0 0.87
14  21 female    3rd     0     0 0.58
15  50 female    3rd     0     0 0.45
16   2   male    3rd     0     0 0.81
17  21   male    3rd     0     0 0.15
18  50   male    3rd     0     0 0.05
Code
options(digits=5)

We can also get predicted values by creating an R function that will evaluate the model on demand, but that only works if there are no 3rd-order interactions.

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Code
pred.logit <- Function(f.mi)
# Note: if don't define sibsp to pred.logit, defaults to 0
plogis(pred.logit(age=c(2,21,50), sex='male', pclass='3rd'))

A nomogram could be used to obtain predicted values manually, but this is not feasible when so many interaction terms are present.

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12.8 Bayesian Analysis

  • Repeat the multiple imputation-based approach but using a Bayesian binary logistic model
  • Using default blrm function normal priors on regression coefficients with zero mean and large SD making the priors almost flat
  • blrm uses the rcmdstan and rstan packages that provides the full power of Stan to R
  • Here we use cmdstan with rcmdstan
  • rmsb has its own caching mechanism that efficiently stores the model fit object (and all its posterior draws) and reads it back from disk install of running it again, until one of the inputs change
  • See this for more about the rmsb package
  • Could use smaller prior SDs to get penalized estimates
  • Using 4 independent Markov chain Hamiltonion posterior sampling procedures each with 1000 burn-in iterations that are discarded, and 1000 “real” iterations for a total of 4000 posterior sample draws
  • Use the first 10 multiple imputations already developed above (object mi), running the Bayesian procedure separately for 10 completed datasets
  • Merely have to stack the posterior draws into one giant sample to account for imputation and get correct posterior distribution
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Code
# Use all available CPU cores less 1.  Each chain will be run on its
# own core.
require(rmsb)
options(mc.cores=parallel::detectCores() - 1, rmsb.backend='cmdstan')
cmdstanr::set_cmdstan_path(cmdstan.loc)
# cmdstan.loc is defined in ~/.Rprofile

# 10 Bayesian analyses took 3m on 11 cores
set.seed(21)
bt <- stackMI(survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age, 4) +
          rcs(age, 4) * (sibsp + parch),
          blrm, mi, data=t3, n.impute=10, refresh=25,
          file='bt.rds')
bt

Bayesian Logistic Model

Dirichlet Priors With Concentration Parameter 0.541 for Intercepts

stackMI(formula = survived ~ sex * pclass * rcs(age, 4) + rcs(age, 
    4) * (sibsp + parch), fitter = blrm, xtrans = mi, data = t3, 
    n.impute = 10, refresh = 25, file = "bt.rds")
Mixed Calibration/
Discrimination Indexes
Discrimination
Indexes
Rank Discrim.
Indexes
Obs 1309 B 0.132 [0.129, 0.134] g 2.803 [2.374, 3.324] C 0.867 [0.862, 0.871]
0 809 gp 0.36 [0.345, 0.375] Dxy 0.734 [0.725, 0.743]
1 500 EV 0.468 [0.43, 0.511]
Draws 40000 v 8.371 [4.62, 12.787]
Chains 4 vp 0.111 [0.101, 0.119]
Time 15.1s
Imputations 10
p 31
Mean β Median β S.E. Lower Upper Pr(β>0) Symmetry
Intercept   -3.0012   -1.9944   5.1528  -13.9569   5.4023  0.3086  0.60
sex=male   9.8516   9.0494   5.7873   -0.3848  21.4611  0.9852  1.48
pclass=2nd   21.7620   20.2684  10.4376   4.1287  42.6408  0.9996  1.52
pclass=3rd   5.4369   4.4101   5.0585   -2.7924  16.2399  0.9079  1.71
age   0.4828   0.4239   0.3400   -0.0915   1.1805  0.9677  1.63
age'   -1.1106   -0.9999   0.8035   -2.7591   0.2987  0.0496  0.68
age''   4.2357   3.8835   3.2417   -1.6381  10.8585  0.9299  1.38
sibsp   -0.9481   -0.9345   0.3219   -1.5825  -0.3284  0.0006  0.86
parch   -0.5124   -0.5833   0.7027   -1.7962   1.1398  0.1651  1.53
sex=male × pclass=2nd  -21.9769  -20.7235  11.1012  -44.7339  -2.6014  0.0052  0.71
sex=male × pclass=3rd   -9.8454   -9.0634   5.8513  -21.8458   0.2941  0.0161  0.67
sex=male × age   -0.8711   -0.8228   0.3692   -1.6053  -0.2070  0.0006  0.68
sex=male × age'   1.8220   1.7306   0.8518   0.2815   3.5421  0.9960  1.39
sex=male × age''   -6.8625   -6.5524   3.4093  -13.7002  -0.5295  0.0080  0.76
pclass=2nd × age   -1.4294   -1.3524   0.6035   -2.6274  -0.3711  0.0001  0.69
pclass=3rd × age   -0.5904   -0.5323   0.3350   -1.2980  -0.0388  0.0077  0.61
pclass=2nd × age'   3.1193   2.9862   1.2771   0.7809   5.6364  0.9996  1.35
pclass=3rd × age'   1.1912   1.0847   0.7978   -0.2063   2.8557  0.9653  1.46
pclass=2nd × age''  -12.3009  -11.8799   4.9745  -22.3786  -3.2492  0.0008  0.78
pclass=3rd × age''   -4.1662   -3.8231   3.2636  -10.8862   1.8237  0.0760  0.73
age × sibsp   0.0172   0.0168   0.0274   -0.0361   0.0710  0.7326  1.04
age' × sibsp   0.0692   0.0680   0.0977   -0.1159   0.2659  0.7587  1.03
age'' × sibsp   -0.4720   -0.4663   0.5221   -1.4951   0.5491  0.1827  0.97
age × parch   0.0416   0.0467   0.0478   -0.0654   0.1310  0.8436  0.68
age' × parch   -0.1315   -0.1405   0.1263   -0.3618   0.1445  0.1402  1.27
age'' × parch   0.5630   0.5894   0.5601   -0.5941   1.6245  0.8488  0.86
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age   1.3189   1.2493   0.6432   0.1634   2.6258  0.9952  1.36
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age   0.7324   0.6844   0.3732   0.0657   1.4829  0.9947  1.47
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age'   -2.8724   -2.7568   1.3698   -5.6591  -0.3874  0.0059  0.78
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age'   -1.3595   -1.2722   0.8674   -3.1158   0.2416  0.0343  0.73
sex=male × pclass=2nd × age''   11.3216   10.9603   5.3722   1.3569  22.2057  0.9925  1.22
sex=male × pclass=3rd × age''   4.0638   3.8075   3.5732   -2.6365  11.2660  0.8853  1.26
  • Note that fit indexes have HPD uncertainty intervals
  • Everthing above accounts for imputation
  • Look at diagnostics
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Code
stanDx(bt)
Diagnostics for each of 10 imputations

Iterations: 2000 on each of 4 chains, with 4000 posterior distribution samples saved

For each parameter, n_eff is a crude measure of effective sample size
and Rhat is the potential scale reduction factor on split chains
(at convergence, Rhat=1)


Imputation 1 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.981 0.916 0.995 1.018 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.002     1111     1581
2    beta[1] 1.001      982     1573
3    beta[2] 1.001      802     1074
4    beta[3] 1.000     1974     2382
5    beta[4] 1.001     1047     1483
6    beta[5] 1.001     1044     1555
7    beta[6] 1.001     1187     2225
8    beta[7] 1.000     2129     2281
9    beta[8] 1.001     3417     3013
10   beta[9] 1.001      715     1004
11  beta[10] 1.000     2150     2441
12  beta[11] 1.002      941     1538
13  beta[12] 1.001      916     1448
14  beta[13] 1.002     1408     2058
15  beta[14] 1.002      741     1146
16  beta[15] 1.001     1648     2202
17  beta[16] 1.001      745     1155
18  beta[17] 1.002     2092     2157
19  beta[18] 1.001      870     1314
20  beta[19] 1.001     1998     2515
21  beta[20] 1.000     3587     2941
22  beta[21] 1.000     3356     2925
23  beta[22] 1.000     4148     3309
24  beta[23] 1.000     2756     2505
25  beta[24] 1.001     4221     2869
26  beta[25] 1.003     4879     3269
27  beta[26] 1.001      679      959
28  beta[27] 1.001     1154     1890
29  beta[28] 1.001      705      984
30  beta[29] 1.003     1867     2349
31  beta[30] 1.001      831     1166
32  beta[31] 1.000     2450     2215

Imputation 2 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 1.02 1.112 1.021 1.036 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.004     1268     1340
2    beta[1] 1.003     1094     1492
3    beta[2] 1.004      853     1020
4    beta[3] 1.001     1985     2025
5    beta[4] 1.003      839     1482
6    beta[5] 1.003      919     1175
7    beta[6] 1.002     1200     1880
8    beta[7] 1.001     1847     2541
9    beta[8] 1.000     3337     2740
10   beta[9] 1.003      743     1032
11  beta[10] 1.001     1848     1939
12  beta[11] 1.005      802     1174
13  beta[12] 1.004      993     1218
14  beta[13] 1.002     1373     1397
15  beta[14] 1.005      711     1006
16  beta[15] 1.004     1452     2101
17  beta[16] 1.003      722      968
18  beta[17] 1.001     3003     2847
19  beta[18] 1.004      855     1415
20  beta[19] 1.000     2232     2689
21  beta[20] 1.000     5335     3189
22  beta[21] 1.001     5510     2636
23  beta[22] 1.000     4738     3413
24  beta[23] 1.000     3280     2929
25  beta[24] 1.000     4880     3194
26  beta[25] 1.001     4802     2533
27  beta[26] 1.005      748      945
28  beta[27] 1.002     1164     1821
29  beta[28] 1.007      620      869
30  beta[29] 1.001     2300     2469
31  beta[30] 1.003      868     1195
32  beta[31] 1.002     2211     2169

Imputation 3 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.92 0.912 0.97 0.892 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.004     1059     1083
2    beta[1] 1.003      869      896
3    beta[2] 1.007      674      737
4    beta[3] 1.001     1993     1824
5    beta[4] 1.004      848     1030
6    beta[5] 1.008      755      863
7    beta[6] 1.004     1072     1341
8    beta[7] 1.005     1574     1648
9    beta[8] 1.003     1615     1951
10   beta[9] 1.009      648      713
11  beta[10] 1.002     1755     1475
12  beta[11] 1.006      839      850
13  beta[12] 1.004      840     1028
14  beta[13] 1.002     1210     1634
15  beta[14] 1.008      698      675
16  beta[15] 1.004     1262     1929
17  beta[16] 1.008      631      709
18  beta[17] 1.001     1432     1811
19  beta[18] 1.008      761      783
20  beta[19] 1.002     1893     2059
21  beta[20] 1.004     2784     2664
22  beta[21] 1.001     2618     2370
23  beta[22] 1.003     2728     2975
24  beta[23] 1.000     2119     1825
25  beta[24] 1.004     1795     1840
26  beta[25] 1.002     3012     2583
27  beta[26] 1.006      610      688
28  beta[27] 1.003     1010     1336
29  beta[28] 1.006      630      703
30  beta[29] 1.003     1437     2130
31  beta[30] 1.005      678      798
32  beta[31] 1.001     2045     1613

Imputation 4 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 1.008 0.989 0.949 0.903 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.003     1148     1490
2    beta[1] 1.003      988     1047
3    beta[2] 1.001      804     1026
4    beta[3] 1.002     1490     1358
5    beta[4] 1.001      999     1193
6    beta[5] 1.000      826     1081
7    beta[6] 1.001     1048     1747
8    beta[7] 1.000     2364     2272
9    beta[8] 1.001     2544     2268
10   beta[9] 1.000      804      959
11  beta[10] 1.002     1546     1631
12  beta[11] 1.001      934     1168
13  beta[12] 1.001      893     1045
14  beta[13] 1.001     1317     1705
15  beta[14] 1.000      801      964
16  beta[15] 1.000     1385     1976
17  beta[16] 1.001      773      952
18  beta[17] 1.000     1885     2065
19  beta[18] 1.001      967     1377
20  beta[19] 1.000     1802     1889
21  beta[20] 1.002     3388     2637
22  beta[21] 1.001     2649     2525
23  beta[22] 1.000     3570     2493
24  beta[23] 1.000     2575     2356
25  beta[24] 1.001     3918     3004
26  beta[25] 1.001     3506     2833
27  beta[26] 1.001      722      897
28  beta[27] 1.001     1345     1740
29  beta[28] 1.001      755      844
30  beta[29] 1.000     1742     2939
31  beta[30] 1.001      909     1108
32  beta[31] 1.001     1817     2070

Imputation 5 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.984 0.976 0.961 0.947 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.002      862     1299
2    beta[1] 1.004      782     1135
3    beta[2] 1.007      734      645
4    beta[3] 1.001     1738     1915
5    beta[4] 1.005      839     1187
6    beta[5] 1.002      771      591
7    beta[6] 1.005     1189     1396
8    beta[7] 1.002     2085     2614
9    beta[8] 1.001     3793     2982
10   beta[9] 1.005      640      484
11  beta[10] 1.003     1706     1681
12  beta[11] 1.005      741      685
13  beta[12] 1.007      756      746
14  beta[13] 1.002     1171     1327
15  beta[14] 1.003      684      462
16  beta[15] 1.002     1509     1637
17  beta[16] 1.008      666      618
18  beta[17] 1.002     1790     2494
19  beta[18] 1.003      829      866
20  beta[19] 1.000     2114     2272
21  beta[20] 1.001     3064     3045
22  beta[21] 1.002     3359     2780
23  beta[22] 1.000     4036     3134
24  beta[23] 1.001     3160     2811
25  beta[24] 1.001     4534     2909
26  beta[25] 1.000     4193     2813
27  beta[26] 1.007      599      484
28  beta[27] 1.004     1105     1417
29  beta[28] 1.006      587      449
30  beta[29] 1.001     1531     1601
31  beta[30] 1.005      711      681
32  beta[31] 1.001     2085     1837

Imputation 6 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 1.015 0.875 0.999 1.048 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.002     1212     1119
2    beta[1] 1.002      978     1047
3    beta[2] 1.003      943      908
4    beta[3] 1.002     1846     1917
5    beta[4] 1.001      846     1091
6    beta[5] 1.002     1030     1281
7    beta[6] 1.001     1510     1898
8    beta[7] 1.001     2221     2518
9    beta[8] 1.001     3593     2865
10   beta[9] 1.002      771      831
11  beta[10] 1.001     1802     1945
12  beta[11] 1.002      890     1008
13  beta[12] 1.002      925     1271
14  beta[13] 1.003     1532     2311
15  beta[14] 1.002      781      986
16  beta[15] 1.000     1640     2233
17  beta[16] 1.003      773      869
18  beta[17] 1.000     2379     2567
19  beta[18] 1.001      924     1154
20  beta[19] 1.001     2040     1680
21  beta[20] 1.001     3615     2531
22  beta[21] 1.001     3930     2880
23  beta[22] 1.001     3257     3061
24  beta[23] 1.000     3700     2696
25  beta[24] 1.001     3843     2635
26  beta[25] 1.000     3796     3120
27  beta[26] 1.003      730      875
28  beta[27] 1.002     1118     1617
29  beta[28] 1.001      721      710
30  beta[29] 1.005     1815     1855
31  beta[30] 1.001      820      815
32  beta[31] 1.002     1975     1696

Imputation 7 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.957 0.946 0.929 0.938 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.003     1235     1519
2    beta[1] 1.004      913     1121
3    beta[2] 1.005      942      968
4    beta[3] 1.000     1785     1693
5    beta[4] 1.002      990     1402
6    beta[5] 1.002     1027     1158
7    beta[6] 1.001     1508     1655
8    beta[7] 1.001     1918     2193
9    beta[8] 1.000     4336     2972
10   beta[9] 1.004      775      851
11  beta[10] 1.001     1760     1831
12  beta[11] 1.003      894     1071
13  beta[12] 1.002     1088     1266
14  beta[13] 1.002     1320     2353
15  beta[14] 1.004      811      988
16  beta[15] 1.002     1943     2280
17  beta[16] 1.001      875     1021
18  beta[17] 1.000     2354     2826
19  beta[18] 1.002     1118     1295
20  beta[19] 1.001     2117     1747
21  beta[20] 1.000     3896     2698
22  beta[21] 1.001     5615     3111
23  beta[22] 1.001     4616     2935
24  beta[23] 1.001     4512     2703
25  beta[24] 1.001     5128     3368
26  beta[25] 1.000     4170     2215
27  beta[26] 1.003      704      887
28  beta[27] 1.002     1217     1668
29  beta[28] 1.005      664      828
30  beta[29] 1.001     1932     2300
31  beta[30] 1.003      882     1341
32  beta[31] 1.001     2178     2030

Imputation 8 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.972 0.89 0.915 0.996 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.002     1386     1542
2    beta[1] 1.002     1256     1667
3    beta[2] 1.002     1087     1545
4    beta[3] 1.003     1612     1480
5    beta[4] 1.002     1350     1973
6    beta[5] 1.002     1195     1712
7    beta[6] 1.002     1531     2691
8    beta[7] 1.000     3051     2972
9    beta[8] 1.002     4153     2992
10   beta[9] 1.002      975     1399
11  beta[10] 1.004     1537     1468
12  beta[11] 1.002     1265     1874
13  beta[12] 1.002     1125     1588
14  beta[13] 1.001     1650     2626
15  beta[14] 1.002      986     1231
16  beta[15] 1.001     1912     2580
17  beta[16] 1.002      997     1283
18  beta[17] 1.002     2854     2504
19  beta[18] 1.002     1206     1703
20  beta[19] 1.002     2030     1863
21  beta[20] 1.002     4260     2809
22  beta[21] 1.001     3981     2834
23  beta[22] 1.002     3884     2965
24  beta[23] 1.000     3639     2944
25  beta[24] 1.001     4674     2848
26  beta[25] 1.000     4759     3276
27  beta[26] 1.002      916     1248
28  beta[27] 1.001     1444     2144
29  beta[28] 1.003      932     1354
30  beta[29] 1.000     1892     2523
31  beta[30] 1.004     1142     1689
32  beta[31] 1.002     2073     1928

Imputation 9 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 1.093 0.911 0.951 1.008 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.007     1075     1811
2    beta[1] 1.005     1148     1389
3    beta[2] 1.005      776      969
4    beta[3] 1.001     2008     2042
5    beta[4] 1.003     1307     1821
6    beta[5] 1.010      912     1301
7    beta[6] 1.003     1375     1554
8    beta[7] 1.003     1616     2549
9    beta[8] 1.002     2804     2508
10   beta[9] 1.009      668      770
11  beta[10] 1.001     1989     1957
12  beta[11] 1.008      926     1311
13  beta[12] 1.004      961     1191
14  beta[13] 1.003     1363     1655
15  beta[14] 1.009      635      745
16  beta[15] 1.008     1328     1722
17  beta[16] 1.006      820      839
18  beta[17] 1.003     2008     2326
19  beta[18] 1.008      793      994
20  beta[19] 1.003     1836     2370
21  beta[20] 1.001     4204     3050
22  beta[21] 1.002     4686     2920
23  beta[22] 1.001     5175     3165
24  beta[23] 1.001     2834     2879
25  beta[24] 1.002     5171     3327
26  beta[25] 1.000     5683     2781
27  beta[26] 1.007      710      753
28  beta[27] 1.002     1546     1851
29  beta[28] 1.010      679      762
30  beta[29] 1.004     1687     2938
31  beta[30] 1.006      847      891
32  beta[31] 1.000     2252     2222

Imputation 10 


Checking sampler transitions for divergences.
No divergent transitions found.

Checking E-BFMI - sampler transitions HMC potential energy.
E-BFMI satisfactory.

Rank-normalized split effective sample size satisfactory for all parameters.

Rank-normalized split R-hat values satisfactory for all parameters.

Processing complete, no problems detected.

EBFMI: 0.952 0.955 0.978 0.959 

   Parameter  Rhat ESS bulk ESS tail
1   alpha[1] 1.004      971     1459
2    beta[1] 1.003      851     1136
3    beta[2] 1.003      721      994
4    beta[3] 1.004     2029     1505
5    beta[4] 1.002      946     1097
6    beta[5] 1.002      780      922
7    beta[6] 1.001     1424     1676
8    beta[7] 1.000     2173     2424
9    beta[8] 1.000     3794     3046
10   beta[9] 1.002      667      778
11  beta[10] 1.000     1897     1433
12  beta[11] 1.004      678      846
13  beta[12] 1.002      750      999
14  beta[13] 1.001     1363     1533
15  beta[14] 1.004      695      875
16  beta[15] 1.003     1245     2015
17  beta[16] 1.004      670      807
18  beta[17] 1.002     2428     2449
19  beta[18] 1.002      900     1232
20  beta[19] 1.001     2106     2091
21  beta[20] 1.000     4654     3056
22  beta[21] 1.000     4854     2899
23  beta[22] 1.001     4424     2409
24  beta[23] 1.001     3335     3120
25  beta[24] 1.000     4501     2761
26  beta[25] 1.000     4905     3141
27  beta[26] 1.003      611      750
28  beta[27] 1.002     1152     1733
29  beta[28] 1.002      592      682
30  beta[29] 1.002     1546     1970
31  beta[30] 1.003      716     1038
32  beta[31] 1.004     1991     1844
Code
# Look at convergence of only 2 parameters
stanDxplot(bt, c('sex=male', 'pclass=3rd', 'age'), rev=TRUE)

  • Difficult to see but there are 40 traces (10 imputations \(\times\) 4 chains)
  • Diagnostics look good; posterior samples can be trusted
  • Plot posterior densities for select parameters
  • Also shows the 10 densities before stacking
M
Code
plot(bt, c('sex=male', 'pclass=3rd', 'age'), nrow=2)

  • Plot partial effect plots with 0.95 highest posterior density intervals
N
Code
p <- Predict(bt, age, sex, pclass, sibsp=0, fun=plogis, funint=FALSE)
ggplot(p)

  • Compute approximate measure of explained outcome variation for predictors
O
Code
plot(anova(bt))

  • Contrast second class males and females, both at 5 years and 30 years of age, all other things being equal
  • Compute 0.95 HPD interval for the contrast and a joint uncertainty region
  • Compute P(both contrasts < 0), both < -2, and P(either one < 0)
P
Code
k <- contrast(bt, list(sex='male',   age=c(5, 30), pclass='2nd'),
                  list(sex='female', age=c(5, 30), pclass='2nd'),
              cnames = c('age 5 M-F', 'age 30 M-F'))
k
            age Contrast    S.E.    Lower   Upper Pr(Contrast>0)
1age 5 M-F    5  -9.8863 6.80385 -23.2925  1.6904         0.0283
2age 30 M-F  30  -4.9006 0.62418  -6.1054 -3.6626         0.0000

Intervals are 0.95 highest posterior density intervals
Contrast is the posterior mean 
Code
plot(k)

Code
plot(k, bivar=TRUE)                        # assumes an ellipse
plot(k, bivar=TRUE, bivarmethod='kernel')  # doesn't
P <- PostF(k, pr=TRUE)
Contrast names: age 5 M-F, age 30 M-F 
Code
P(`age 5 M-F` <  0 & `age 30 M-F` <  0)    # note backticks
[1] 0.9717
Code
P(`age 5 M-F` < -2 & `age 30 M-F` < -2)
[1] 0.9131
Code
P(`age 5 M-F` <  0 | `age 30 M-F` <  0)
[1] 1

  • Show posterior distribution of predicted survival probability for a 21 year old male in third class with sibsp=0
  • Predict summarizes with a posterior mean (set posterior.summary='median' to use posterior median)
  • Frequentist multiple imputation estimate was 0.1342
Code
pmean <- Predict(bt, age=21, sex='male', pclass='3rd', sibsp=0, parch=0,
                 fun=plogis, funint=FALSE)
pmean
  age  sex pclass sibsp parch    yhat    lower  upper
1  21 male    3rd     0     0 0.14632 0.098104 0.1977

Response variable (y):  

Limits are 0.95 confidence limits
Code
p <- predict(bt,
             data.frame(age=21, sex='male', pclass='3rd', sibsp=0, parch=0),
             posterior.summary='all', fun=plogis, funint=FALSE)
plot(density(p), main='',
     xlab='Pr(survival) For One Covariate Combination')
abline(v=with(pmean, c(yhat, lower, upper)), col=alpha('blue', 0.5))

  • Compute Pr(survival probability > 0.2) for this man
Code
mean(p > 0.2)
[1] 0.025675
R software used
Package Purpose Functions
Hmisc Miscellaneous functions summary,plsmo,naclus,llist,latex, summarize,Dotplot,describe
Hmisc Imputation transcan,impute,fit.mult.impute,aregImpute,stackMI
rms Modeling datadist,lrm,rcs
Accounting for imputation processMI, LRupdate
Model presentation plot,summary,nomogram,Function,anova
Estimation Predict,summary,contrast
Model validation validate,calibrate
rmsb Misc. Bayesian blrm, stanDx,stanDxplot,plot
rpart1 Recursive partitioning rpart

1 Written by Atkinson and Therneau