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Multiple Comparison Procedures For Neuroimaging Genomewide Association Studies, Wen-Yu Hua, Thomas E. Nichols, Debashis Ghosh Jan 2014

Multiple Comparison Procedures For Neuroimaging Genomewide Association Studies, Wen-Yu Hua, Thomas E. Nichols, Debashis Ghosh

Debashis Ghosh

Recent research in neuroimaging has been focusing on assessing associations between genetic variants measured on a genomewide scale and brain imaging phenotypes. Many publications in the area use massively univariate analyses on a genomewide basis for finding single nucleotide polymorphisms that influence brain structure. In this work, we propose using various dimensionalityreduction methods on both brain MRI scans and genomic data, motivated by the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) study. We also consider a new multiple testing adjustments inspired from the idea of local false discovery rate of Efron and others (2001). Our proposed procedure is able to find associations …


Penalized Regression Procedures For Variable Selection In The Potential Outcomes Framework, Debashis Ghosh, Yeying Zhu, Donna L. Coffman Jan 2013

Penalized Regression Procedures For Variable Selection In The Potential Outcomes Framework, Debashis Ghosh, Yeying Zhu, Donna L. Coffman

Debashis Ghosh

A recent topic of much interest in causal inference is model selection. In this article, we describe a framework in which to consider penalized regression approaches to variable selection for causal effects. The framework leads to a simple `impute, then select' class of procedures that is agnostic to the type of imputation algorithm as well as penalized regression used. It also clarifies how model selection involves a multivariate regression model, and that these methods can be applied for identifying subgroups in which treatment effects are homogeneous. Analogies and links with the literature on machine learning methods, missing data and imputation …


James-Stein Estimation And The Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure, Debashis Ghosh Jan 2012

James-Stein Estimation And The Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure, Debashis Ghosh

Debashis Ghosh

For the problem of multiple testing, the Benjamini-Hochberg (B-H) procedure has become a very popular method in applications. Based on a spacings theory representation of the B-H procedure, we are able to motivate the use of shrinkage estimators for modifying the B-H procedure. Several generalizations in the paper are discussed, and the methodology is applied to real and simulated datasets.


Generalized Benjamini-Hochberg Procedures Using Spacings, Debashis Ghosh Jan 2011

Generalized Benjamini-Hochberg Procedures Using Spacings, Debashis Ghosh

Debashis Ghosh

For the problem of multiple testing, the Benjamini-Hochberg (B-H) procedure has become a very popular method in applications. We show how the B-H procedure can be interpreted as a test based on the spacings corresponding to the p-value distributions. Using this equivalence, we develop a class of generalized B-H procedures that maintain control of the false discovery rate in finite-samples. We also consider the effect of correlation on the procedure; simulation studies are used to illustrate the methodology.


Joint Variable Selection And Classification With Immunohistochemical Data, Debashis Ghosh, Ratna Chakrabarti Jan 2008

Joint Variable Selection And Classification With Immunohistochemical Data, Debashis Ghosh, Ratna Chakrabarti

Debashis Ghosh

To determine if candidate cancer biomarkers have utility in a clinical setting, validation using immunohistochemical methods is typically done. Most analyses of such data have not incorporated the multivariate nature of the staining profiles. In this article, we consider modelling such data using recently developed ideas from the machine learning community. In particular, we consider the joint goals of feature selection and classification. We develop esti- mation procedures for the analysis of immunohistochemical profiles using the least absolute selection and shrinkage operator. These lead to novel and flexible models and algorithms for the analysis of compositional data. The techniques are …


An Improved Model Averaging Scheme For Logistic Regression, Debashis Ghosh, Zheng Yuan Jan 2008

An Improved Model Averaging Scheme For Logistic Regression, Debashis Ghosh, Zheng Yuan

Debashis Ghosh

Recently, penalized regression methods have attracted much attention in the statistical literature. In this article, we argue that such methods can be improved for the purposes of prediction by utilizing model averaging ideas. We propose a new algorithm that combines penalized regression with model averaging for improved prediction. We also discuss the issue of model selection versus model averaging and propose a diagnostic based on the notion of generalized degrees of freedom. The proposed methods are studied using both simulated and real data.