statistical analysis of ordered categorical data via a structural heteroskedastic threshold model通过结构的有序分类数据统计分析heteroskedastic阈值模型.pdfVIP

Original article Statistical analysis of ordered categorical data via a structural heteroskedastic threshold model JL Foulley D Gianola2 1 Station de génétique quantitative et appliquée, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, centre de recherches de Jouy, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France; 2 Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA (Received 2 October 1995; accepted 25 March 1996) Summary - In the standard threshold model, differences among statistical subpopulations in the distribution of ordered are modeled via differences in polychotomous responses location parameters of an underlying normal scale. A new model is proposed whereby subpopulations can also differ in dispersion (scaling) parameters. Heterogeneity in such parameters is described using a structural linear model and a loglink function involving continuous or discrete covariates. Inference (estimation, testing procedures, goodness of fit) about parameters in fixed-effects models is based on likelihood procedures. Bayesian techniques are also described to deal with mixed-effects model structures. An application to calving ease scores in the US Simmental breed is presented; the heteroskedastic threshold model had a better goodness of fit than the standard one. threshold character / heteroskedasticity / maximum likelihood/ mixed linear model / calving difficulty Résumé - Analyse statistique de variables discrètes ordonnées par un modèle à seuils hétéroscédastique. Dans le modèle à seuils classique, les différences de réponses entre sous-populations selon des catégories discrètes ordonnées sont