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R: Plot method for GPvam
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Plot method for GPvam

Description

Plot teacher effects and residuals. The caterpillar plots use a modified version of the plotCI function from R package gplots. According to that package, "Original version [of plotCI] by Bill Venables wvenable@attunga.stats.adelaide.edu.au posted to r-help on Sep. 20, 1997. Enhanced version posted to r-help by Ben Bolker ben@zoo.ufl.edu on Apr. 16, 2001. This version was modified and extended by Gregory R. Warnes greg@warnes.net. Additional changes suggested by Martin Maechler maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch integrated on July 29, 2004."

Usage

## S3 method for class 'GPvam'
plot(x, ..., alpha)

Arguments

x

an object of class GPvam

...

other arguments

alpha

the significance level for the caterpillar plots

Value

Requires user to click window or press "enter" to progress through plots. Returns caterpillar plots (via the package gplots) and residual plots.

Author(s)

Andrew Karl akarl@asu.edu Yan Yang Sharon Lohr

Other authors as listed above for the caterpillar plots.

References

Karl, A., Yang, Y. and Lohr, S. (2013) Efficient Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Multiple Membership Linear Mixed Models, with an Application to Educational Value-Added Assessments Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 59, 13–27.

Karl, A., Yang, Y. and Lohr, S. (2014) Computation of Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Multiresponse Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Non-nested, Correlated Random Effects Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 73, 146–162.

Karl, A., Yang, Y. and Lohr, S. (2014) A Correlated Random Effects Model for Nonignorable Missing Data in Value-Added Assessment of Teacher Effects Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 38, 577–603.

Lockwood, J., McCaffrey, D., Mariano, L., Setodji, C. (2007) Bayesian Methods for Scalable Multivariate Value-Added Assesment. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 32, 125–150.

Mariano, L., McCaffrey, D. and Lockwood, J. (2010) A Model for Teacher Effects From Longitudinal Data Without Assuming Vertical Scaling. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 35, 253–279.

McCaffrey, D. and Lockwood, J. (2011) Missing Data in Value-Added Modeling of Teavher Effects, Annals of Applied Statistics 5, 773–797

See Also

summary.GPvam

Examples

data(vam_data)
GPvam(vam_data,student.side="R",persistence="VP",
fixed_effects=formula(~as.factor(year)+cont_var+0),verbose=TRUE,max.iter.EM=1)

result <- GPvam(vam_data,student.side="R",persistence="VP",
fixed_effects=formula(~as.factor(year)+cont_var+0),verbose=TRUE)
 summary(result)

 plot(result)

Results


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> library(GPvam)
Loading required package: Matrix
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/GPvam/plot.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: plot
> ### Title: Plot method for GPvam
> ### Aliases: plot.GPvam
> ### Keywords: regression
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> data(vam_data)
> GPvam(vam_data,student.side="R",persistence="VP",
+ fixed_effects=formula(~as.factor(year)+cont_var+0),verbose=TRUE,max.iter.EM=1)
Beginning EM algorithm
Iteration Time:  1.961  seconds
done.
Object of class 'GPvam'. Use functions 'plot' and 'summary'. 
Object contains elements:  loglik, teach.effects, parameters Hessian, R_i, teach.cov, mresid, cresid, y, yhat, stu.cov, num.obs, num.student, num.year, num.teach, yhat.m, sresid, yhat.s
Number of iterations: 1
Log-likelihood: -13881.6
Parameter estimates:
                          Estimate Standard Error
as.factor(year)1            0.7398         0.7772
as.factor(year)2            1.2155         0.7260
as.factor(year)3            0.2663         0.7796
cont_var                    1.0404         0.0234
error covariance:[1,1]     34.2372             NA
error covariance:[2,1]     10.5198             NA
error covariance:[3,1]     10.5212             NA
error covariance:[2,2]     36.2946             NA
error covariance:[3,2]     12.7817             NA
error covariance:[3,3]     38.8274             NA
teacher effect from year1  28.8301             NA
teacher effect from year2  20.8080             NA
teacher effect from year3  21.6267             NA
alpha_21                    0.3768             NA
alpha_31                    0.3982             NA
alpha_32                    0.3558             NA
Teacher Effects
            teacher_year   teacher effect_year    EBLUP std_error
1_1(year1)             1  1(year1)           1   5.4943    1.3586
1_10(year1)            1 10(year1)           1   4.5589    1.3588
1_11(year1)            1 11(year1)           1  -1.1426    1.3588
1_12(year1)            1 12(year1)           1   1.3383    1.3589
1_13(year1)            1 13(year1)           1  -1.2107    1.3588
1_14(year1)            1 14(year1)           1  -4.9192    1.3587
1_15(year1)            1 15(year1)           1  -3.2284    1.3586
1_16(year1)            1 16(year1)           1   5.8422    1.3588
1_17(year1)            1 17(year1)           1   0.8648    1.3588
1_18(year1)            1 18(year1)           1  -5.6912    1.3591
1_19(year1)            1 19(year1)           1  -6.8144    1.3587
1_2(year1)             1  2(year1)           1   1.5248    1.3586
1_20(year1)            1 20(year1)           1   2.5639    1.3587
1_21(year1)            1 21(year1)           1   3.9056    1.3587
1_22(year1)            1 22(year1)           1  -3.6329    1.3586
1_23(year1)            1 23(year1)           1  -0.6378    1.3587
1_24(year1)            1 24(year1)           1   5.2184    1.3588
1_25(year1)            1 25(year1)           1   0.8730    1.3588
1_26(year1)            1 26(year1)           1  -8.0142    1.3586
1_27(year1)            1 27(year1)           1  -6.0333    1.3588
1_28(year1)            1 28(year1)           1  10.8885    1.3587
1_29(year1)            1 29(year1)           1  -2.2860    1.3587
1_3(year1)             1  3(year1)           1  -4.1188    1.3586
1_30(year1)            1 30(year1)           1  -1.3448    1.3586
1_31(year1)            1 31(year1)           1   4.6316    1.3592
1_32(year1)            1 32(year1)           1   3.2908    1.3586
1_33(year1)            1 33(year1)           1  12.5611    1.3586
1_34(year1)            1 34(year1)           1  -2.8988    1.3587
1_35(year1)            1 35(year1)           1  -4.9044    1.3587
1_36(year1)            1 36(year1)           1  -0.7243    1.3589
1_37(year1)            1 37(year1)           1  -1.7804    1.3588
1_38(year1)            1 38(year1)           1   9.0209    1.3588
1_39(year1)            1 39(year1)           1  -4.3703    1.3587
1_4(year1)             1  4(year1)           1  -1.2718    1.3589
1_40(year1)            1 40(year1)           1  -9.1680    1.3588
1_41(year1)            1 41(year1)           1  -1.1801    1.3587
1_42(year1)            1 42(year1)           1  -6.3993    1.3590
1_43(year1)            1 43(year1)           1   4.1618    1.3587
1_44(year1)            1 44(year1)           1   0.5171    1.3588
1_45(year1)            1 45(year1)           1  -3.2389    1.3586
1_46(year1)            1 46(year1)           1  -2.5060    1.3589
1_47(year1)            1 47(year1)           1   2.8502    1.3586
1_48(year1)            1 48(year1)           1   9.5136    1.3591
1_49(year1)            1 49(year1)           1   4.4562    1.3587
1_5(year1)             1  5(year1)           1  -1.1239    1.3586
1_50(year1)            1 50(year1)           1  -6.1486    1.3589
1_6(year1)             1  6(year1)           1 -12.4414    1.3587
1_7(year1)             1  7(year1)           1   0.4634    1.3587
1_8(year1)             1  8(year1)           1   7.0759    1.3588
1_9(year1)             1  9(year1)           1   5.6151    1.3587
2_1(year2)             2  1(year2)           2   4.0651    1.2769
2_10(year2)            2 10(year2)           2  -0.9662    1.2767
2_11(year2)            2 11(year2)           2  -5.0962    1.2768
2_12(year2)            2 12(year2)           2  10.3181    1.2767
2_13(year2)            2 13(year2)           2 -10.5016    1.2767
2_14(year2)            2 14(year2)           2   8.2059    1.2769
2_15(year2)            2 15(year2)           2   0.4114    1.2772
2_16(year2)            2 16(year2)           2   1.7010    1.2767
2_17(year2)            2 17(year2)           2  -6.2009    1.2768
2_18(year2)            2 18(year2)           2  -5.9841    1.2770
2_19(year2)            2 19(year2)           2   1.7499    1.2769
2_2(year2)             2  2(year2)           2  -2.5258    1.2768
2_20(year2)            2 20(year2)           2  -2.1726    1.2768
2_21(year2)            2 21(year2)           2  -1.7815    1.2768
2_22(year2)            2 22(year2)           2  -0.7233    1.2767
2_23(year2)            2 23(year2)           2   6.6650    1.2768
2_24(year2)            2 24(year2)           2  -6.3348    1.2767
2_25(year2)            2 25(year2)           2   1.6013    1.2773
2_26(year2)            2 26(year2)           2  -4.4419    1.2769
2_27(year2)            2 27(year2)           2  -1.1115    1.2768
2_28(year2)            2 28(year2)           2  -4.5496    1.2768
2_29(year2)            2 29(year2)           2   7.0083    1.2770
2_3(year2)             2  3(year2)           2   2.4056    1.2769
2_30(year2)            2 30(year2)           2   1.3443    1.2768
2_31(year2)            2 31(year2)           2  -0.6239    1.2767
2_32(year2)            2 32(year2)           2   1.4729    1.2768
2_33(year2)            2 33(year2)           2  -1.6942    1.2768
2_34(year2)            2 34(year2)           2  -0.9964    1.2767
2_35(year2)            2 35(year2)           2  -1.7018    1.2767
2_36(year2)            2 36(year2)           2   3.4983    1.2769
2_37(year2)            2 37(year2)           2  -5.3257    1.2768
2_38(year2)            2 38(year2)           2   3.5808    1.2767
2_39(year2)            2 39(year2)           2  -5.2428    1.2770
2_4(year2)             2  4(year2)           2  -5.4451    1.2772
2_40(year2)            2 40(year2)           2  -1.8464    1.2768
2_41(year2)            2 41(year2)           2   0.4236    1.2768
2_42(year2)            2 42(year2)           2   1.6709    1.2769
2_43(year2)            2 43(year2)           2   0.4155    1.2768
2_44(year2)            2 44(year2)           2   8.9165    1.2768
2_45(year2)            2 45(year2)           2  -1.4727    1.2770
2_46(year2)            2 46(year2)           2  -1.9719    1.2768
2_47(year2)            2 47(year2)           2  -2.8640    1.2767
2_48(year2)            2 48(year2)           2   2.8426    1.2770
2_49(year2)            2 49(year2)           2  -0.8208    1.2767
2_5(year2)             2  5(year2)           2  10.0016    1.2769
2_50(year2)            2 50(year2)           2  -0.7592    1.2767
2_6(year2)             2  6(year2)           2   3.6474    1.2770
2_7(year2)             2  7(year2)           2  -5.0309    1.2772
2_8(year2)             2  8(year2)           2   3.3579    1.2768
2_9(year2)             2  9(year2)           2   2.8822    1.2773
3_1(year3)             3  1(year3)           3   1.5789    1.2832
3_10(year3)            3 10(year3)           3  -1.0952    1.2835
3_11(year3)            3 11(year3)           3   0.3660    1.2835
3_12(year3)            3 12(year3)           3  -2.3912    1.2832
3_13(year3)            3 13(year3)           3  -3.3489    1.2831
3_14(year3)            3 14(year3)           3  -2.9877    1.2835
3_15(year3)            3 15(year3)           3  -0.0139    1.2831
3_16(year3)            3 16(year3)           3   6.1656    1.2831
3_17(year3)            3 17(year3)           3   3.5150    1.2832
3_18(year3)            3 18(year3)           3   8.6850    1.2832
3_19(year3)            3 19(year3)           3  -0.2732    1.2831
3_2(year3)             3  2(year3)           3   1.1045    1.2832
3_20(year3)            3 20(year3)           3  -3.1988    1.2836
3_21(year3)            3 21(year3)           3   3.7753    1.2832
3_22(year3)            3 22(year3)           3  -0.7740    1.2832
3_23(year3)            3 23(year3)           3   4.1196    1.2835
3_24(year3)            3 24(year3)           3  -0.1181    1.2831
3_25(year3)            3 25(year3)           3   0.6988    1.2832
3_26(year3)            3 26(year3)           3   7.3457    1.2844
3_27(year3)            3 27(year3)           3   4.9773    1.2831
3_28(year3)            3 28(year3)           3  -9.1270    1.2832
3_29(year3)            3 29(year3)           3   0.8161    1.2831
3_3(year3)             3  3(year3)           3  -5.0616    1.2834
3_30(year3)            3 30(year3)           3  -3.3560    1.2835
3_31(year3)            3 31(year3)           3  -6.9014    1.2835
3_32(year3)            3 32(year3)           3   6.3012    1.2836
3_33(year3)            3 33(year3)           3  -6.4033    1.2832
3_34(year3)            3 34(year3)           3   2.6047    1.2833
3_35(year3)            3 35(year3)           3 -15.7624    1.2832
3_36(year3)            3 36(year3)           3   1.3826    1.2832
3_37(year3)            3 37(year3)           3  -2.0216    1.2832
3_38(year3)            3 38(year3)           3   3.2722    1.2831
3_39(year3)            3 39(year3)           3  -0.2108    1.2832
3_4(year3)             3  4(year3)           3  -7.2141    1.2831
3_40(year3)            3 40(year3)           3   5.6683    1.2831
3_41(year3)            3 41(year3)           3  -2.9088    1.2832
3_42(year3)            3 42(year3)           3   1.6636    1.2838
3_43(year3)            3 43(year3)           3  -4.8645    1.2831
3_44(year3)            3 44(year3)           3  -2.8043    1.2840
3_45(year3)            3 45(year3)           3  -2.3467    1.2832
3_46(year3)            3 46(year3)           3  -2.1302    1.2834
3_47(year3)            3 47(year3)           3   3.0368    1.2831
3_48(year3)            3 48(year3)           3  -2.1933    1.2832
3_49(year3)            3 49(year3)           3   5.9394    1.2832
3_5(year3)             3  5(year3)           3   0.0635    1.2831
3_50(year3)            3 50(year3)           3   5.1128    1.2831
3_6(year3)             3  6(year3)           3   3.0760    1.2831
3_7(year3)             3  7(year3)           3   2.6713    1.2833
3_8(year3)             3  8(year3)           3   2.1322    1.2834
3_9(year3)             3  9(year3)           3   1.4344    1.2833

> ## No test: 
> result <- GPvam(vam_data,student.side="R",persistence="VP",
+ fixed_effects=formula(~as.factor(year)+cont_var+0),verbose=TRUE)
Beginning EM algorithm
Iteration Time:  1.662  seconds


iter: 2 
log-likelihood: -12519.9513384 
change in loglik: 1361.6523564 
fixed effects: 0.7398 1.2155 0.2663 1.0404 
R_i:
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 34.2372 10.5198 10.5212
[2,] 10.5198 36.2946 12.7817
[3,] 10.5212 12.7817 38.8274

       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.2984 0.2886
[2,] 0.2984 1.0000 0.3405
[3,] 0.2886 0.3405 1.0000

G:
[1] 28.8301 20.8080 21.6267

alphas:
[1] 1.0000 0.3768 0.3982 1.0000 0.3558 1.0000
Iteration Time:  3.186  seconds


iter: 3 
log-likelihood: -12423.2035217 
change in loglik: 96.7478167 
fixed effects: 0.7447 1.2147 0.2676 1.0142 
R_i:
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 46.9644 22.9488 23.6294
[2,] 22.9488 48.7570 24.0400
[3,] 23.6294 24.0400 51.0614

       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.4796 0.4825
[2,] 0.4796 1.0000 0.4818
[3,] 0.4825 0.4818 1.0000

G:
[1] 27.4204 18.8016 20.0552

alphas:
[1] 1.0000 0.4010 0.4314 1.0000 0.3736 1.0000
Iteration Time:  2.156  seconds


iter: 4 
log-likelihood: -12422.7537933 
change in loglik: 0.4497283 
fixed effects: 0.7465 1.2144 0.2681 1.0046 
R_i:
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 47.4964 23.7903 24.6052
[2,] 23.7903 49.4482 24.7245
[3,] 24.6052 24.7245 51.8471

       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.4909 0.4958
[2,] 0.4909 1.0000 0.4883
[3,] 0.4958 0.4883 1.0000

G:
[1] 26.7477 18.3171 19.8012

alphas:
[1] 1.0000 0.3952 0.4241 1.0000 0.3701 1.0000
Iteration Time:  1.544  seconds


iter: 5 
log-likelihood: -12422.7457002 
change in loglik: 0.0080932 
fixed effects: 0.7467 1.2144 0.2681 1.0036 
R_i:
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 47.5200 23.8603 24.6896
[2,] 23.8603 49.4792 24.7501
[3,] 24.6896 24.7501 51.8974

       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.4921 0.4972
[2,] 0.4921 1.0000 0.4884
[3,] 0.4972 0.4884 1.0000

G:
[1] 26.6231 18.2553 19.7490

alphas:
[1] 1.0000 0.3941 0.4223 1.0000 0.3696 1.0000
Iteration Time:  0.775  seconds


 Algorithm converged.


iter: 6 
log-likelihood: -12422.7449652 
change in loglik: 0.0007350 
fixed effects: 0.7467 1.2144 0.2681 1.0035 
R_i:
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 47.5584 23.9029 24.7380
[2,] 23.9029 49.5189 24.7895
[3,] 24.7380 24.7895 51.9465

       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.4926 0.4977
[2,] 0.4926 1.0000 0.4888
[3,] 0.4977 0.4888 1.0000


gamma_teach_year 1 
[1] 26.5964


gamma_teach_year 2 
[1] 18.2483


gamma_teach_year 3 
[1] 19.7387

done.
>  summary(result)
Number of observations: 3750 
Number of years: 3 
Number of students: 1250 
Number of teachers in year 1 : 50 
Number of teachers in year 2 : 50 
Number of teachers in year 3 : 50 

Number of EM iterations:  6 
-2 log-likelihood 24845.49 
AIC 24877.49 
AICc 24877.64 

Covariance matrix for current and future year
effects of year 1 teachers.
        year1
year1 26.5964

with correlation matrix
      year1
year1     1

Covariance matrix for current and future year
effects of year 2 teachers.
        year2
year2 18.2483

with correlation matrix
      year2
year2     1

Covariance matrix for current and future year
effects of year 3 teachers.
        year3
year3 19.7387

with correlation matrix
      year3
year3     1

Block of error covariance matrix (R):
        [,1]    [,2]    [,3]
[1,] 47.5584 23.9029 24.7380
[2,] 23.9029 49.5189 24.7895
[3,] 24.7380 24.7895 51.9465
with correlation matrix
       [,1]   [,2]   [,3]
[1,] 1.0000 0.4926 0.4977
[2,] 0.4926 1.0000 0.4888
[3,] 0.4977 0.4888 1.0000

Parameter estimates:
                          Estimate Standard Error
as.factor(year)1            0.7467         0.7550
as.factor(year)2            1.2144         0.6979
as.factor(year)3            0.2681         0.7622
cont_var                    1.0035         0.0243
error covariance:[1,1]     47.5584             NA
error covariance:[2,1]     23.9029             NA
error covariance:[3,1]     24.7380             NA
error covariance:[2,2]     49.5189             NA
error covariance:[3,2]     24.7895             NA
error covariance:[3,3]     51.9465             NA
teacher effect from year1  26.5964             NA
teacher effect from year2  18.2483             NA
teacher effect from year3  19.7387             NA
alpha_21                    0.3939             NA
alpha_31                    0.4219             NA
alpha_32                    0.3695             NA

Distribution of marginal residuals
     Min.   1st Qu.    Median      Mean   3rd Qu.      Max. 
-33.89000  -5.78300  -0.05905   0.00000   5.85500  30.30000 

Distribution of raw conditional residuals
     Min.   1st Qu.    Median      Mean   3rd Qu.      Max. 
-26.51000  -4.67600  -0.09345   0.00000   4.64400  23.72000 

Distribution of scaled conditional residuals
     Min.   1st Qu.    Median      Mean   3rd Qu.      Max. 
-3.113000 -0.666000 -0.005821  0.000000  0.662500  4.308000 

> 
>  plot(result)
> ## End(No test)
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> dev.off()
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