# NOT RUN {
n <- 1000 # define sample size
set.seed(17) # so can reproduce the results
age <- rnorm(n, 50, 10)
blood.pressure <- rnorm(n, 120, 15)
cholesterol <- rnorm(n, 200, 25)
sex <- factor(sample(c('female','male'), n,TRUE))
treat <- factor(sample(c('a','b','c'), n,TRUE))
# Specify population model for log odds that Y=1
L <- .4*(sex=='male') + .045*(age-50) +
(log(cholesterol - 10)-5.2)*(-2*(sex=='female') + 2*(sex=='male')) +
.3*sqrt(blood.pressure-60)-2.3 + 1*(treat=='b')
# Simulate binary y to have Prob(y=1) = 1/[1+exp(-L)]
y <- ifelse(runif(n) < plogis(L), 1, 0)
ddist <- datadist(age, blood.pressure, cholesterol, sex, treat)
options(datadist='ddist')
fit <- lrm(y ~ rcs(blood.pressure,4) +
sex * (age + rcs(cholesterol,4)) + sex*treat*age)
# Use xYplot to display predictions in 9 panels, with error bars,
# with superposition of two treatments
dat <- expand.grid(treat=levels(treat),sex=levels(sex),
age=c(20,40,60),blood.pressure=120,
cholesterol=seq(100,300,length=10))
# Add variables linear.predictors and se.fit to dat
dat <- cbind(dat, predict(fit, dat, se.fit=TRUE))
# This is much easier with Predict
# xYplot in Hmisc extends xyplot to allow error bars
xYplot(Cbind(linear.predictors,linear.predictors-1.96*se.fit,
linear.predictors+1.96*se.fit) ~ cholesterol | sex*age,
groups=treat, data=dat, type='b')
# Since blood.pressure doesn't interact with anything, we can quickly and
# interactively try various transformations of blood.pressure, taking
# the fitted spline function as the gold standard. We are seeking a
# linearizing transformation even though this may lead to falsely
# narrow confidence intervals if we use this data-dredging-based transformation
bp <- 70:160
logit <- predict(fit, expand.grid(treat="a", sex='male', age=median(age),
cholesterol=median(cholesterol),
blood.pressure=bp), type="terms")[,"blood.pressure"]
#Note: if age interacted with anything, this would be the age
# "main effect" ignoring interaction terms
#Could also use Predict(f, age=ag)$yhat
#which allows evaluation of the shape for any level of interacting
#factors. When age does not interact with anything, the result from
#predict(f, \dots, type="terms") would equal the result from
#plot if all other terms were ignored
plot(bp^.5, logit) # try square root vs. spline transform.
plot(bp^1.5, logit) # try 1.5 power
plot(sqrt(bp-60), logit)
#Some approaches to making a plot showing how predicted values
#vary with a continuous predictor on the x-axis, with two other
#predictors varying
combos <- gendata(fit, age=seq(10,100,by=10), cholesterol=c(170,200,230),
blood.pressure=c(80,120,160))
#treat, sex not specified -> set to mode
#can also used expand.grid
combos$pred <- predict(fit, combos)
xyplot(pred ~ age | cholesterol*blood.pressure, data=combos, type='l')
xYplot(pred ~ age | cholesterol, groups=blood.pressure, data=combos, type='l')
Key() # Key created by xYplot
xYplot(pred ~ age, groups=interaction(cholesterol,blood.pressure),
data=combos, type='l', lty=1:9)
Key()
# Add upper and lower 0.95 confidence limits for individuals
combos <- cbind(combos, predict(fit, combos, conf.int=.95))
xYplot(Cbind(linear.predictors, lower, upper) ~ age | cholesterol,
groups=blood.pressure, data=combos, type='b')
Key()
# Plot effects of treatments (all pairwise comparisons) vs.
# levels of interacting factors (age, sex)
d <- gendata(fit, treat=levels(treat), sex=levels(sex), age=seq(30,80,by=10))
x <- predict(fit, d, type="x")
betas <- fit$coef
cov <- vcov(fit, intercepts='none')
i <- d$treat=="a"; xa <- x[i,]; Sex <- d$sex[i]; Age <- d$age[i]
i <- d$treat=="b"; xb <- x[i,]
i <- d$treat=="c"; xc <- x[i,]
doit <- function(xd, lab) {
xb <- matxv(xd, betas)
se <- apply((xd %*% cov) * xd, 1, sum)^.5
q <- qnorm(1-.01/2) # 0.99 confidence limits
lower <- xb - q * se; upper <- xb + q * se
#Get odds ratios instead of linear effects
xb <- exp(xb); lower <- exp(lower); upper <- exp(upper)
#First elements of these agree with
#summary(fit, age=30, sex='female',conf.int=.99))
for(sx in levels(Sex)) {
j <- Sex==sx
errbar(Age[j], xb[j], upper[j], lower[j], xlab="Age",
ylab=paste(lab, "Odds Ratio"), ylim=c(.1, 20), log='y')
title(paste("Sex:", sx))
abline(h=1, lty=2)
}
}
par(mfrow=c(3,2), oma=c(3,0,3,0))
doit(xb - xa, "b:a")
doit(xc - xa, "c:a")
doit(xb - xa, "c:b")
# NOTE: This is much easier to do using contrast.rms
# Demonstrate type="terms", "cterms", "ccterms"
set.seed(1)
n <- 40
x <- 1:n
w <- factor(sample(c('a', 'b'), n, TRUE))
u <- factor(sample(c('A', 'B'), n, TRUE))
y <- .01*x + .2*(w=='b') + .3*(u=='B') + .2*(w=='b' & u=='B') + rnorm(n)/5
ddist <- datadist(x, w, u)
f <- ols(y ~ x*w*u, x=TRUE, y=TRUE)
f
anova(f)
z <- predict(f, type='terms', center.terms=FALSE)
z[1:5,]
k <- coef(f)
## Manually compute combined terms
wb <- w=='b'
uB <- u=='B'
h <- k['x * w=b * u=B']*x*wb*uB
tx <- k['x'] *x + k['x * w=b']*x*wb + k['x * u=B'] *x*uB + h
tw <- k['w=b']*wb + k['x * w=b']*x*wb + k['w=b * u=B']*wb*uB + h
tu <- k['u=B']*uB + k['x * u=B']*x*uB + k['w=b * u=B']*wb*uB + h
h <- z[,'x * w * u'] # highest order term is present in all cterms
tx2 <- z[,'x']+z[,'x * w']+z[,'x * u']+h
tw2 <- z[,'w']+z[,'x * w']+z[,'w * u']+h
tu2 <- z[,'u']+z[,'x * u']+z[,'w * u']+h
ae <- function(a, b) all.equal(a, b, check.attributes=FALSE)
ae(tx, tx2)
ae(tw, tw2)
ae(tu, tu2)
zc <- predict(f, type='cterms')
zc[1:5,]
ae(tx, zc[,'x'])
ae(tw, zc[,'w'])
ae(tu, zc[,'u'])
zc <- predict(f, type='ccterms')
# As all factors are indirectly related, ccterms gives overall linear
# predictor except for the intercept
zc[1:5,]
ae(as.vector(zc + coef(f)[1]), f$linear.predictors)
# }
# NOT RUN {
#A variable state.code has levels "1", "5","13"
#Get predictions with or without converting variable in newdata to factor
predict(fit, data.frame(state.code=c(5,13)))
predict(fit, data.frame(state.code=factor(c(5,13))))
#Use gendata function (gendata.rms) for interactive specification of
#predictor variable settings (for 10 observations)
df <- gendata(fit, nobs=10, viewvals=TRUE)
df$predicted <- predict(fit, df) # add variable to data frame
df
df <- gendata(fit, age=c(10,20,30)) # leave other variables at ref. vals.
predict(fit, df, type="fitted")
# See reShape (in Hmisc) for an example where predictions corresponding to
# values of one of the varying predictors are reformatted into multiple
# columns of a matrix
# }
# NOT RUN {
options(datadist=NULL)
# }
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