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\title{Retinopathy - Testing Proportional Odds Assumption}

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rm(list=ls(all=TRUE))
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library(catdata)
data(retinopathy)
retinopathy$SM <- as.factor(retinopathy$SM)
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For the fitting of the partial proportional odds models the function "vglm" from the "VGAM"--package is used. First a simple
proportional odds model is fitted with "vglm". 

For the "vglm"--function the response (RET) does not necessarily have to be ordered, SM has to be factorized.

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library(VGAM)
# retinopathy$RET <- as.ordered(retinopathy$RET)
# retinopathy$SM <- as.factor(retinopathy$SM)
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The models differ in the option "parallel" for the used family "cumulative". 

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pom <- vglm(RET ~ SM + DIAB + GH + BP, family = cumulative(parallel=TRUE), 
            data = retinopathy)
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ppom <- vglm(RET ~ SM + DIAB + GH + BP, family = cumulative(parallel=FALSE), 
             data = retinopathy)
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First the proportional odds assumption is tested. The deviances of the two models can be received by the following command.

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deviance(pom)
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deviance(ppom)
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The p--value for the proportional odds assuption is computed:

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1 - pchisq(deviance(pom) - deviance(ppom), df=4)
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Coefficients and standard errors of both models are obtainen in the corresponding summaries. 
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Summary proportional odds model:
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summary(pom)
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Summary partial proportional odds model:
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summary(ppom)
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Now the proportional odds assumption for all covariates is taken away step by step. 
Afterwards the corresponding proportional odds assumptions are tested. 

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Global effect for BP:
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ppom2 <- vglm (RET ~ SM + DIAB + GH + BP,
family = cumulative (parallel = FALSE ~ SM + DIAB + GH), data = retinopathy)
deviance(ppom2)
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1-pchisq(deviance(ppom2)-deviance(ppom), df=1)
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Global effect for GH:
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ppom3 <- vglm (RET ~ SM + DIAB + GH + BP, 
family = cumulative (parallel = FALSE ~ SM + DIAB), data = retinopathy)
deviance(ppom3)
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1-pchisq(deviance(ppom3)-deviance(ppom2), df=1)
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Global effect for DIAB:
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ppom4 <- vglm (RET ~ SM + DIAB + GH + BP, 
family = cumulative (parallel = FALSE ~ SM), data = retinopathy)
deviance(ppom4)
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1-pchisq(deviance(ppom4)-deviance(ppom3), df=1)
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Global effect for SM (equivalent to proportional odds model):
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1-pchisq(deviance(pom)-deviance(ppom4), df=1)
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detach(package:VGAM)
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