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Conditional independence test for categorical data using Poisson log-linear model

Methodology 2017-06-08 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate how to test for conditional independence of two variables with categorical data using Poisson log-linear models. The size of the conditioning set of variables can vary from 0 (simple independence) up to many variables. We also provide a function in R for performing the test. Instead of calculating all possible tables with for loop we perform the test using the log-linear models and thus speeding up the process. Time comparison simulation studies are presented.

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@article{arxiv.1706.02046,
  title  = {Conditional independence test for categorical data using Poisson log-linear model},
  author = {Michail Tsagris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02046},
  year   = {2017}
}

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11 pages and 1 Figure

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