Weighted Least Squares¶
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%matplotlib inline
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import statsmodels.api as sm
from scipy import stats
from statsmodels.iolib.table import SimpleTable, default_txt_fmt
np.random.seed(1024)
WLS Estimation¶
Artificial data: Heteroscedasticity 2 groups¶
Model assumptions:
Misspecification: true model is quadratic, estimate only linear
Independent noise/error term
Two groups for error variance, low and high variance groups
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nsample = 50
x = np.linspace(0, 20, nsample)
X = np.column_stack((x, (x - 5) ** 2))
X = sm.add_constant(X)
beta = [5.0, 0.5, -0.01]
sig = 0.5
w = np.ones(nsample)
w[nsample * 6 // 10 :] = 3
y_true = np.dot(X, beta)
e = np.random.normal(size=nsample)
y = y_true + sig * w * e
X = X[:, [0, 1]]
WLS knowing the true variance ratio of heteroscedasticity¶
In this example, w
is the standard deviation of the error. WLS
requires that the weights are proportional to the inverse of the error variance.
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mod_wls = sm.WLS(y, X, weights=1.0 / (w ** 2))
res_wls = mod_wls.fit()
print(res_wls.summary())
OLS vs. WLS¶
Estimate an OLS model for comparison:
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res_ols = sm.OLS(y, X).fit()
print(res_ols.params)
print(res_wls.params)
Compare the WLS standard errors to heteroscedasticity corrected OLS standard errors:
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se = np.vstack(
[
[res_wls.bse],
[res_ols.bse],
[res_ols.HC0_se],
[res_ols.HC1_se],
[res_ols.HC2_se],
[res_ols.HC3_se],
]
)
se = np.round(se, 4)
colnames = ["x1", "const"]
rownames = ["WLS", "OLS", "OLS_HC0", "OLS_HC1", "OLS_HC3", "OLS_HC3"]
tabl = SimpleTable(se, colnames, rownames, txt_fmt=default_txt_fmt)
print(tabl)
Calculate OLS prediction interval:
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covb = res_ols.cov_params()
prediction_var = res_ols.mse_resid + (X * np.dot(covb, X.T).T).sum(1)
prediction_std = np.sqrt(prediction_var)
tppf = stats.t.ppf(0.975, res_ols.df_resid)
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pred_ols = res_ols.get_prediction()
iv_l_ols = pred_ols.summary_frame()["obs_ci_lower"]
iv_u_ols = pred_ols.summary_frame()["obs_ci_upper"]
Draw a plot to compare predicted values in WLS and OLS:
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pred_wls = res_wls.get_prediction()
iv_l = pred_wls.summary_frame()["obs_ci_lower"]
iv_u = pred_wls.summary_frame()["obs_ci_upper"]
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))
ax.plot(x, y, "o", label="Data")
ax.plot(x, y_true, "b-", label="True")
# OLS
ax.plot(x, res_ols.fittedvalues, "r--")
ax.plot(x, iv_u_ols, "r--", label="OLS")
ax.plot(x, iv_l_ols, "r--")
# WLS
ax.plot(x, res_wls.fittedvalues, "g--.")
ax.plot(x, iv_u, "g--", label="WLS")
ax.plot(x, iv_l, "g--")
ax.legend(loc="best")
Feasible Weighted Least Squares (2-stage FWLS)¶
Like w
, w_est
is proportional to the standard deviation, and so must be squared.
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resid1 = res_ols.resid[w == 1.0]
var1 = resid1.var(ddof=int(res_ols.df_model) + 1)
resid2 = res_ols.resid[w != 1.0]
var2 = resid2.var(ddof=int(res_ols.df_model) + 1)
w_est = w.copy()
w_est[w != 1.0] = np.sqrt(var2) / np.sqrt(var1)
res_fwls = sm.WLS(y, X, 1.0 / ((w_est ** 2))).fit()
print(res_fwls.summary())