RE: Centering (Impact on SE)

From: Vladimir Piotrovskij Date: July 09, 2001 technical Source: cognigencorp.com
From: "Piotrovskij, Vladimir [JanBe]" <VPIOTROV@janbe.jnj.com> Subject: RE: Centering (Impact on SE) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:17:17 +0200 One simple example (sorry, using S+, not NONMEM): ## SAMPLE FROM BIVARIATE NORMAL > x <- as.data.frame(rmvnorm(50, mean = c(40, 10), sd = c(5, 0.2), rho = 0.5, d = 2)) > names(x) <- c("AGE", "CL") > x$AGE.ctr <- x$AGE - 40 ## CENTERED AGE > y <- lm(CL ~ AGE, x) ## LINEAR MODEL W/O CENTERING > z <- lm(CL ~ AGE.ctr, x) ## LINEAR MODEL WITH CENTERING > summary(y) ## FITTED MODEL ... Coefficients: Value Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) (Intercept) 9.0027 0.2345 38.3870 0.0000 AGE 0.0249 0.0058 4.2960 0.0001 ... > summary(z) ... Coefficients: Value Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) (Intercept) 9.9994 0.0251 398.3339 0.0000 AGE.ctr 0.0249 0.0058 4.2960 0.0001 ... As you see, t-value (Estimate/SE) is affected. Best regards, Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vladimir Piotrovsky, Ph.D. Research Fellow Global Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacology Janssen Research Foundation B-2340 Beerse Belgium Email: vpiotrov@janbe.jnj.com
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