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vimp (version 2.1.0)

vimp_se: Estimate standard errors

Description

Compute standard error estimates for estimates of variable importance.

Usage

vimp_se(
  est,
  update,
  denom = NULL,
  n = length(update),
  scale = "log",
  na.rm = FALSE
)

Arguments

est

the estimate of variable importance.

update

the influence curve-based update.

denom

a list of point estimate and influence curve for the denominator (if any) to make the measure of predictiveness interpretable.

n

the sample size.

scale

the scale to compute SEs on (either "log", for log-scale, or "identity", for same scale as point estimate).

na.rm

logical; should NA's be removed in computation? (defaults to FALSE).

Value

The standard error for the estimated variable importance for the given group of left-out covariates.

Details

See the paper by Williamson, Gilbert, Simon, and Carone for more details on the mathematics behind this function and the definition of the parameter of interest.