On the stochastic restricted Liu estimator in logistic regression model

Abstract

In this paper, we study the effects of near-singularity which is known as multicollinearity in the binary logistic regression. Furthermore, we also assume the presence of stochastic non-sample linear restrictions. The well-known logistic Liu estimator is combined with the stochastic linear restrictions in order to propose a new method, namely, the stochastic restricted Liu estimation. Theoretical comparisons between the usual maximum likelihood estimator, Liu estimator, stochastic restricted maximum-likelihood estimator and the new stochastic restricted Liu estimator are derived using matrix mean-squared errors of the estimators. A Monte Carlo simulation experiment is designed to evaluate the performances of the listed estimators in terms of mean-squared error and mean absolute error criteria. Artificial data are used to show how to interpret the theorems. According to the results of the simulation, the new method beats the other estimators when the data matrix has the problem of collinearity along with the stochastic restrictions.