Regression Diagnostics for Binomial Data from the Forward Search

Anthony C. Atkinson and M. Riani

Abstract


In this paper we suggest a simple robust method for the detection of atypical and influential observations in binomial data. Our technique is based on a forward search procedure which orders the observations from those most in agreement with a specified generalized linear model to those least in agreement with it. The effectiveness of the forward search estimator in detecting masked multiple outliers, and more generally in ordering binomial data, is shown by means of three data sets. Plots of diagnostic quantities during the forward search clearly show the effect of individual observations on residuals and test statistics. These examples reveal the strength of our method in getting inside the data in a way which is more simple and effective than it would be using standard deletion diagnostic procedures.
Data

Bliss 's beetle data     HTML format     ASCII format
Liver cancer data     HTML format     ASCII format
Toxoplasmosis data     HTML format     ASCII format

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