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January 1, 1980Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)

Regression Models for Ordinal Data

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PMPeter McCullaghRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Implication

Methodological study demonstrates flexible regression modeling for ordinal response data, indicating that stochastic ordering eliminates arbitrary numerical scoring.

Key Points

  • To develop and evaluate a general class of regression models for ordinal responses that rely on stochastic ordering rather than arbitrary numerical score assignments.
  • Formulated mathematical models for ordinal categorical outcomes utilizing principles of stochastic ordering, focusing on proportional odds and proportional hazards structures.
  • Generalized linear models to multivariate ordinal frameworks and extended the parameterization to accommodate non-linear specifications.
  • Implemented iteratively reweighted least squares algorithms to calculate parameter estimates.
  • Demonstrated that proportional odds and proportional hazards models serve as multivariate extensions of generalized linear models with straightforward practical interpretability.
  • Showed that iteratively reweighted least squares consistently converges to maximum likelihood estimates across both linear and non-linear model formulations, streamlining computation.

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Peter McCullagh (1980) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a00ce03413f0c047f2d7f22https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1980.tb01109.x
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