
Summary Graph-constrained estimation methods encourage similarities among neighboring covariates presented as nodes of a graph, and can result in more accurate estimates, especially in high-dimensional settings. Variable selection approaches can then be utilized to select a subset of variables that are associated with the response. However, existing procedures do not provide measures of uncertainty of estimates. Further, the vast majority of existing approaches assume that available graph accurately captures the association among covariates; violations to this assumption could severely hurt the reliability of the resulting estimates. In this article, we present a new inference framework, called the Grace test, which produces coefficient estimates and corresponding p-values by incorporating the external graph information. We show, both theoretically and via numerical studies, that the proposed method asymptotically controls the type-I error rate regardless of the choice of the graph. We also show that when the underlying graph is informative, the Grace test is asymptotically more powerful than similar tests that ignore the external information. We study the power properties of the proposed test when the graph is not fully informative and develop a more powerful Grace-ridge test for such settings. Our numerical studies show that as long as the graph is reasonably informative, the proposed inference procedures deliver improved statistical power over existing methods that ignore external information.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Ridge regression; shrinkage estimators (Lasso), Models, Statistical, Statistics as Topic, significance test, Statistics - Applications, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), biological networks, high-dimensional data, Data Interpretation, Statistical, graph-constrained estimation, Computer Graphics, Applications (stat.AP), Statistics - Methodology, Algorithms, variable selection
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Ridge regression; shrinkage estimators (Lasso), Models, Statistical, Statistics as Topic, significance test, Statistics - Applications, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), biological networks, high-dimensional data, Data Interpretation, Statistical, graph-constrained estimation, Computer Graphics, Applications (stat.AP), Statistics - Methodology, Algorithms, variable selection
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 19 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 10% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% |
