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Minhtrang
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi all,

 

My response variable is cognitive function (CASI) which is scored from 0 to 100. 

I want to model the relationship between CASI and some predictors.

One reccommendation is to transform CASI to CASI/100 and fit a logistic model.

So here CASI/100 ranges from 0 to 1. 

I plan to use PROC GLIMMIX in this case. But I'm not sure which distribution should I specify for this special response variable.

Is it beta distribution? I read somewhere that beta distribution doesn't accept value 0 or 1.

 

I would love to hear from your experience.

Thank you,

 

Trang

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Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

Yes, beta distribution. Unless responses are 0 or 100, you won't need to worry about whether the beta distribution "accepts values 0 or 1."

Minhtrang
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi Rick,

If I choose beta distribution and I have some case that Casi/100 equals 0 or 1, although they are extremely rare, would SAS omit these cases from the analysis?
Thank you for your reply,
Trang
Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

Yes, you are correct. The procedure will drop observations for which the response is not in (0,1) and will display the NOTE

NOTE: Some observations are not used in the analysis because of: not a
proportion, zero or negative response.

If you have 0 and 1 responses, perhaps beta is not the best model.

Minhtrang
Obsidian | Level 7
Rick, so if I want to model this response variable in the most natural way, ie I can have some cases with Casi/100 equal to 0 or 1, what would be the most appropriate distribution?
Ksharp
Super User

I could suggest using GAMMA distribution for CASI variable.

and if you have many zero , try tweedie distribution.

 

OR

 

Try Poisson distribution  +  offset= option.  Make an offset variable which is 100 .

Minhtrang
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi Ksharp,
Thank you for your suggestion.
However, CASI is skewed, so I'm not sure that gamma distribution works here.
maybe it's the reason that I need to transform CASI to CASI/100, which ranges from 0 to 1.
I'm thinking of beta distribution, but it doesn't allow 0 and 1.
I want to find the most appropriate distribution that can accept value of 0 and 1.


Minhtrang
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi sld,

Thank you so much for your reference with one-zero inflated beta regression!

I know something about beta regression, but never thought of one- zero inflated one.

This is exactly I want.

The illustration of SAS used similar type of response variable (a score from 0 to 100) like mine.

They also divided it by 100 and gave detailed guidance of the Macro for this analysis.

Best,

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