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Specify a monotonic predictor term in brms. The function does not evaluate its arguments – it exists purely to help set up a model.

Usage

mo(x, id = NA)

Arguments

x

An integer variable or an ordered factor to be modeled as monotonic.

id

Optional character string. All monotonic terms with the same id within one formula will be modeled as having the same simplex (shape) parameter vector. If all monotonic terms of the same predictor have the same id, the resulting predictions will be conditionally monotonic for all values of interacting covariates (Bürkner & Charpentier, 2020).

Details

See Bürkner and Charpentier (2020) for the underlying theory. For detailed documentation of the formula syntax used for monotonic terms, see help(brmsformula) as well as vignette("brms_monotonic").

References

Bürkner P. C. & Charpentier E. (2020). Modeling Monotonic Effects of Ordinal Predictors in Regression Models. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. doi:10.1111/bmsp.12195

See also

Examples

# \dontrun{
# generate some data
income_options <- c("below_20", "20_to_40", "40_to_100", "greater_100")
income <- factor(sample(income_options, 100, TRUE),
                 levels = income_options, ordered = TRUE)
mean_ls <- c(30, 60, 70, 75)
ls <- mean_ls[income] + rnorm(100, sd = 7)
dat <- data.frame(income, ls)

# fit a simple monotonic model
fit1 <- brm(ls ~ mo(income), data = dat)
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summary(fit1)
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#>   Links: mu = identity 
#> Formula: ls ~ mo(income) 
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#>           Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> Intercept    29.38      1.44    26.55    32.21 1.00     2276     2472
#> moincome     15.12      0.66    13.85    16.42 1.00     1996     2448
#> 
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#>              Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> moincome1[1]     0.64      0.04     0.57     0.71 1.00     3559     2672
#> moincome1[2]     0.28      0.04     0.20     0.37 1.00     2692     2459
#> moincome1[3]     0.08      0.04     0.01     0.15 1.00     2164     1333
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#> scale reduction factor on split chains (at convergence, Rhat = 1).
plot(fit1, N = 6)
#> Warning: Argument 'N' is deprecated. Please use argument 'nvariables' instead.

plot(conditional_effects(fit1), points = TRUE)


# model interaction with other variables
dat$x <- sample(c("a", "b", "c"), 100, TRUE)
fit2 <- brm(ls ~ mo(income)*x, data = dat)
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#>  Family: gaussian 
#>   Links: mu = identity 
#> Formula: ls ~ mo(income) * x 
#>    Data: dat (Number of observations: 100) 
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#>             Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> Intercept      29.63      1.91    25.95    33.39 1.00     2065     2471
#> xb              1.50      2.82    -4.29     6.97 1.00     1783     2360
#> xc             -2.40      2.82    -8.17     2.92 1.00     1895     2569
#> moincome       15.60      0.98    13.71    17.58 1.00     1526     2204
#> moincome:xb    -1.27      1.51    -4.22     1.84 1.00     1443     1904
#> moincome:xc    -0.40      1.52    -3.34     2.55 1.00     1711     2582
#> 
#> Monotonic Simplex Parameters:
#>                 Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> moincome1[1]        0.63      0.04     0.55     0.72 1.00     2638     3093
#> moincome1[2]        0.29      0.04     0.20     0.37 1.00     2980     2929
#> moincome1[3]        0.08      0.04     0.01     0.16 1.00     1961     1379
#> moincome:xb1[1]     0.28      0.22     0.01     0.79 1.00     2625     2251
#> moincome:xb1[2]     0.32      0.23     0.01     0.82 1.00     4237     2560
#> moincome:xb1[3]     0.40      0.25     0.02     0.87 1.00     2924     2222
#> moincome:xc1[1]     0.34      0.23     0.01     0.83 1.00     3014     1792
#> moincome:xc1[2]     0.32      0.23     0.01     0.82 1.00     3896     2067
#> moincome:xc1[3]     0.35      0.23     0.01     0.85 1.00     3549     2068
#> 
#> Further Distributional Parameters:
#>       Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> sigma     7.03      0.52     6.11     8.15 1.00     4209     3037
#> 
#> Draws were sampled using sampling(NUTS). For each parameter, Bulk_ESS
#> and Tail_ESS are effective sample size measures, and Rhat is the potential
#> scale reduction factor on split chains (at convergence, Rhat = 1).
plot(conditional_effects(fit2), points = TRUE)




# ensure conditional monotonicity
fit3 <- brm(ls ~ mo(income, id = "i")*x, data = dat)
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#>  Family: gaussian 
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#> Formula: ls ~ mo(income, id = "i") * x 
#>    Data: dat (Number of observations: 100) 
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#>          total post-warmup draws = 4000
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#> Regression Coefficients:
#>                  Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> Intercept           30.09      2.10    25.92    34.26 1.00     2321     2475
#> xb                   0.20      3.51    -6.99     6.95 1.00     2212     2178
#> xc                  -2.96      3.49    -9.85     3.84 1.00     1787     2417
#> moincomeidEQi       15.18      1.01    13.17    17.19 1.00     2003     2426
#> moincomeidEQi:xb    -0.19      1.53    -3.18     2.94 1.00     2106     2075
#> moincomeidEQi:xc     0.02      1.53    -2.97     2.92 1.00     1728     2287
#> 
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#>                      Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS
#> moincomeidEQi1[1]        0.65      0.04     0.57     0.72 1.00     4060
#> moincomeidEQi1[2]        0.28      0.04     0.20     0.37 1.00     2990
#> moincomeidEQi1[3]        0.07      0.04     0.01     0.15 1.00     2912
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[1]     0.65      0.04     0.57     0.72 1.00     4060
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[2]     0.28      0.04     0.20     0.37 1.00     2990
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[3]     0.07      0.04     0.01     0.15 1.00     2912
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[1]     0.65      0.04     0.57     0.72 1.00     4060
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[2]     0.28      0.04     0.20     0.37 1.00     2990
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[3]     0.07      0.04     0.01     0.15 1.00     2912
#>                      Tail_ESS
#> moincomeidEQi1[1]        2878
#> moincomeidEQi1[2]        2418
#> moincomeidEQi1[3]        1699
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[1]     2878
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[2]     2418
#> moincomeidEQi:xb1[3]     1699
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[1]     2878
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[2]     2418
#> moincomeidEQi:xc1[3]     1699
#> 
#> Further Distributional Parameters:
#>       Estimate Est.Error l-95% CI u-95% CI Rhat Bulk_ESS Tail_ESS
#> sigma     7.07      0.52     6.14     8.17 1.00     3205     2871
#> 
#> Draws were sampled using sampling(NUTS). For each parameter, Bulk_ESS
#> and Tail_ESS are effective sample size measures, and Rhat is the potential
#> scale reduction factor on split chains (at convergence, Rhat = 1).
plot(conditional_effects(fit3), points = TRUE)



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