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One or few observations can be highly influential on estimates of regression coefficients in the linear regression model. In this paper we derive influence diagnostics for the varying coefficients model with longitudinal data. We note that diagnostics in this context is quite different from the classical regression model in the sense that regression coefficients vary as time varies. A version of Cook’s distance is suggested to reflect this specific aspect of varying coefficient model. An algorithm to present some guidelines to determine influential observations deserving special attention is developed. An illustrative example based on the AIDS data is also given.
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Bae, W., Hwang, S. & Kim, C. Influence diagnostics in the varying coefficient model with longitudinal data. Computational Statistics 23, 185–196 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-007-0025-4
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