Modification of the Sandwich Estimator in Generalized Estimating Equations with Correlated Binary Outcomes in Rare Event and Small Sample Settings.
- Authors
- Rogers, Paul; Stoner, Julie
- Year
- 2015
- Journal
- American journal of applied mathematics and statistics
- PMID
- 26998504
- DOI
- 10.12691/ajams-3-6-5
- PMCID
- PMC4793734
Regression models for correlated binary outcomes are commonly fit using a Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) methodology. GEE uses the Liang and Zeger sandwich estimator to produce unbiased standard error estimators for regression coefficients in large sample settings even when the covariance structure is misspecified. The sandwich estimator performs optimally in balanced designs when the number of participants is large, and there are few repeated measurements. The sandwich estimator is not without drawbacks; its asymptotic properties do not hold in small sample settings. In these situations, the sandwich estimator is biased downwards, underestimating the variances. In this project, a modified form for the sandwich estimator is proposed to correct this deficiency. The performance of this new sandwich estimator is compared to the traditional Liang and Zeger estimator as well as alternative forms proposed by Morel, Pan and Mancl and DeRouen. The performance of each estimator was assessed with 95% coverage probabilities for the regression coefficient estimators using simulated data under various combinations of sample sizes and outcome prevalence values with an Independence (IND), Autoregressive (AR) and Compound Symmetry (CS) correlation structure. This research is motivated by investigations involving rare-event outcomes in aviation data.
Coverage probabilities when estimating the regression coefficient β1 under a simulated autoregressive covariance structure for 0.05 through 0.5 prevalence values with 0.005 correlation.
Coverage probabilities when estimating the regression coefficient β1 under a simulated autoregressive covariance structure for 0.01 prevalence with 0.005 correlation.
Coverage probabilities when estimating the regression coefficient β1 under a simulated autoregressive covariance structure for 0.1 through 0.5 prevalence values with 0.05 correlation.
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