Regression analysis of forest damage by marginal models for correlated ordinal responses

Fahrmeir, Ludwig und Pritscher, L. (1995): Regression analysis of forest damage by marginal models for correlated ordinal responses. Sonderforschungsbereich 386, Discussion Paper 9

Abstract

Studies on forest damage can generally not be carried out by common regression models, mainly for two reasons: Firstly, the response variable, damage state of trees, is usually observed in ordered categories. Secondly, responses are often correlated, either serially, as in a longitudinal study, or spatially, as in the application of this paper, where neighborhood interactions exist between damage states of spruces determined from aerial pictures. Thus so-called marginal regression models for ordinal responses, taking into account dependence among observations, are appropriate for correct inference. To this end we extend the binary models of Liang and Zeger (1986) and develop an ordinal GEE1 model, based on parametrizing association by global cross-ratios. The methods are applied to data from a survey conducted in Southern Germany. Due to the survey design, responses must be assumed to be spatially correlated. The results show that the proposed ordinal marginal regression models provide appropriate tools for analyzing the influence of covariates, that characterize the stand, on the damage state of spruce.

• Dokumententyp: Paper
• Fakultät: Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik > Statistik > Sonderforschungsbereich 386 ; Sonderforschungsbereiche > Sonderforschungsbereich 386
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 510 Mathematik
• Sprache: Deutsch