Discrete Exponential-Family Models for Multivariate Binary Outcomes

arXiv ยท 2022

Studies that collect multi-outcome data such as tobacco and alcohol use are becoming increasingly common.

Work in progress2022

  1. Vega Yon, G. G.University of UtahiD
  2. Pugh, M. J.
  3. Valente, T. W.

Abstract

Studies that collect multi-outcome data such as tobacco and alcohol use are becoming increasingly common. In principle, multi-outcomes studies investigate the correlations between outcomes, including, causal links and/or joint distributions. Although there are many methods for studying multivariate outcomes, significant limitations regarding scale and interpretation persist. Here we introduce a model based on the exponential-family for discrete binary outcomes that provides a flexible framework for hypothesis testing of multiple binary outcomes in a computationally efficient fashion.

Cite

@misc{vegayonDiscreteExponentialFamilyModels2022,
  title = {Discrete Exponential-Family Models for Multivariate Binary Outcomes},
  author = {{Vega Yon}, {George G.} and {Pugh}, {Mary Jo} and {Valente}, {Thomas W.}},
  year = {2022},
  month = {11},
  publisher = {arXiv},
  number = {arXiv:2211.00627},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2211.00627},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.00627},
}