| Type: | Package | 
| Title: | Calculates Conditional Mahalanobis Distances | 
| Version: | 0.1.4 | 
| Description: | Calculates a Mahalanobis distance for every row of a set of outcome variables (Mahalanobis, 1936 <doi:10.1007/s13171-019-00164-5>). The conditional Mahalanobis distance is calculated using a conditional covariance matrix (i.e., a covariance matrix of the outcome variables after controlling for a set of predictors). Plotting the output of the cond_maha() function can help identify which elements of a profile are unusual after controlling for the predictors. | 
| License: | GPL (≥ 3) | 
| URL: | https://github.com/wjschne/unusualprofile, https://wjschne.github.io/unusualprofile/ | 
| BugReports: | https://github.com/wjschne/unusualprofile/issues | 
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.1) | 
| Imports: | dplyr, ggnormalviolin, ggplot2, magrittr, purrr, rlang, stats, tibble, tidyr | 
| Suggests: | bookdown, covr, extrafont, forcats, glue, kableExtra, knitr, lavaan, lifecycle, mvtnorm, patchwork, ragg, rmarkdown, roxygen2, scales, simstandard (≥ 0.6.3), stringr, sysfonts, testthat | 
| VignetteBuilder: | knitr | 
| Encoding: | UTF-8 | 
| Language: | en-US | 
| LazyData: | TRUE | 
| RoxygenNote: | 7.3.1 | 
| NeedsCompilation: | no | 
| Packaged: | 2024-02-14 20:09:54 UTC; renee | 
| Author: | W. Joel Schneider | 
| Maintainer: | W. Joel Schneider <w.joel.schneider@gmail.com> | 
| Repository: | CRAN | 
| Date/Publication: | 2024-02-14 23:20:03 UTC | 
unusualprofile: Calculates Conditional Mahalanobis Distances
Description
 
Calculates a Mahalanobis distance for every row of a set of outcome variables (Mahalanobis, 1936 doi:10.1007/s13171-019-00164-5). The conditional Mahalanobis distance is calculated using a conditional covariance matrix (i.e., a covariance matrix of the outcome variables after controlling for a set of predictors). Plotting the output of the cond_maha() function can help identify which elements of a profile are unusual after controlling for the predictors.
Author(s)
Maintainer: W. Joel Schneider w.joel.schneider@gmail.com (ORCID)
Authors:
- Feng Ji fengji@berkeley.edu 
See Also
Useful links:
- Report bugs at https://github.com/wjschne/unusualprofile/issues 
An example correlation matrix
Description
A correlation matrix used for demonstration purposes
It is the model-implied correlation matrix for this structural model:
X =~ 0.7 * X_1 + 0.5 * X_2 + 0.8 * X_3
Y =~ 0.8 * Y_1 + 0.7 * Y_2 + 0.9 * Y_3
Y ~ 0.6 * X
Usage
R_example
Format
A matrix with 8 rows and 8 columns:
- X_1
- A predictor variable 
- X_2
- A predictor variable 
- X_3
- A predictor variable 
- Y_1
- An outcome variable 
- Y_2
- An outcome variable 
- Y_3
- An outcome variable 
- X
- A latent predictor variable 
- Y
- A latent outcome variable 
Calculate the conditional Mahalanobis distance for any variables.
Description
Calculate the conditional Mahalanobis distance for any variables.
Usage
cond_maha(
  data,
  R,
  v_dep,
  v_ind = NULL,
  v_ind_composites = NULL,
  mu = 0,
  sigma = 1,
  use_sample_stats = FALSE,
  label = NA
)
Arguments
| data | Data.frame with the independent and dependent variables. Unless mu and sigma are specified, data are assumed to be z-scores. | 
| R | Correlation among all variables. | 
| v_dep | Vector of names of the dependent variables in your profile. | 
| v_ind | Vector of names of independent variables you would like to control for. | 
| v_ind_composites | Vector of names of independent variables that are composites of dependent variables | 
| mu | A vector of means. A single value means that all variables have the same mean. | 
| sigma | A vector of standard deviations. A single value means that all variables have the same standard deviation | 
| use_sample_stats | If TRUE, estimate R, mu, and sigma from data. Only complete cases are used (i.e., no missing values in v_dep, v_ind, v_ind_composites). | 
| label | optional tag for labeling output | 
Value
a list with the conditional Mahalanobis distance
- dCM= Conditional Mahalanobis distance
- dCM_df= Degrees of freedom for the conditional Mahalanobis distance
- dCM_p= A proportion that indicates how unusual this profile is compared to profiles with the same independent variable values. For example, if- dCM_p= 0.88, this profile is more unusual than 88 percent of profiles after controlling for the independent variables.
- dM_dep= Mahalanobis distance of just the dependent variables
- dM_dep_df= Degrees of freedom for the Mahalanobis distance of the dependent variables
- dM_dep_p= Proportion associated with the Mahalanobis distance of the dependent variables
- dM_ind= Mahalanobis distance of just the independent variables
- dM_ind_df= Degrees of freedom for the Mahalanobis distance of the independent variables
- dM_ind_p= Proportion associated with the Mahalanobis distance of the independent variables
- v_dep= Dependent variable names
- v_ind= Independent variable names
- v_ind_singular= Independent variables that can be perfectly predicted from the dependent variables (e.g., composite scores)
- v_ind_nonsingular= Independent variables that are not perfectly predicted from the dependent variables
- data= data used in the calculations
- d_ind= independent variable data
- d_inp_p= Assuming normality, cumulative distribution function of the independent variables
- d_dep= dependent variable data
- d_dep_predicted= predicted values of the dependent variables
- d_dep_deviations = d_dep - d_dep_predicted(i.e., residuals of the dependent variables)
- d_dep_residuals_z= standardized residuals of the dependent variables
- d_dep_cp= conditional proportions associated with standardized residuals
- d_dep_p= Assuming normality, cumulative distribution function of the dependent variables
- R2= Proportion of variance in each dependent variable explained by the independent variables
- zSEE= Standardized standard error of the estimate for each dependent variable
- SEE= Standard error of the estimate for each dependent variable
- ConditionalCovariance= Covariance matrix of the dependent variables after controlling for the independent variables
- distance_reduction = 1 - (dCM / dM_dep)(Degree to which the independent variables decrease the Mahalanobis distance of the dependent variables. Negative reductions mean that the profile is more unusual after controlling for the independent variables. Returns 0 if- dM_depis 0.)
- variability_reduction = 1 - sum((X_dep - predicted_dep) ^ 2) / sum((X_dep - mu_dep) ^ 2)(Degree to which the independent variables decrease the variability the dependent variables (- X_dep). Negative reductions mean that the profile is more variable after controlling for the independent variables. Returns 0 if- X_dep == mu_dep)
- mu= Variable means
- sigma= Variable standard deviations
- d_person= Data frame consisting of Mahalanobis distance data for each person
- d_variable= Data frame consisting of variable characteristics
- label= label slot
Examples
library(unusualprofile)
library(simstandard)
m <- "
Gc =~ 0.85 * Gc1 + 0.68 * Gc2 + 0.8 * Gc3
Gf =~ 0.8 * Gf1 + 0.9 * Gf2 + 0.8 * Gf3
Gs =~ 0.7 * Gs1 + 0.8 * Gs2 + 0.8 * Gs3
Read =~ 0.66 * Read1 + 0.85 * Read2 + 0.91 * Read3
Math =~ 0.4 * Math1 + 0.9 * Math2 + 0.7 * Math3
Gc ~ 0.6 * Gf + 0.1 * Gs
Gf ~ 0.5 * Gs
Read ~ 0.4 * Gc + 0.1 * Gf
Math ~ 0.2 * Gc + 0.3 * Gf + 0.1 * Gs"
# Generate 10 cases
d_demo <- simstandard::sim_standardized(m = m, n = 10)
# Get model-implied correlation matrix
R_all <- simstandard::sim_standardized_matrices(m)$Correlations$R_all
cond_maha(data = d_demo,
          R = R_all,
          v_dep = c("Math", "Read"),
          v_ind = c("Gf", "Gs", "Gc"))
An example data.frame
Description
A dataset with 1 row of data for a single case.
Usage
d_example
Format
A data frame with 1 row and 8 variables:
- X_1
- A predictor variable 
- X_2
- A predictor variable 
- X_3
- A predictor variable 
- Y_1
- An outcome variable 
- Y_2
- An outcome variable 
- Y_3
- An outcome variable 
- X
- A latent predictor variable 
- Y
- A latent outcome variable 
Test if matrix is singular
Description
Test if matrix is singular
Usage
is_singular(x)
Arguments
| x | matrix | 
Value
logical
Range label associated with probability
Description
Range label associated with probability
Usage
p2label(p)
Arguments
| p | Probability | 
Value
label string
Plot the variables from the results of the cond_maha function.
Description
Plot the variables from the results of the cond_maha function.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'cond_maha'
plot(
  x,
  ...,
  p_tail = 0,
  family = "sans",
  score_digits = ifelse(min(x$sigma) >= 10, 0, 2)
)
Arguments
| x | The results of the cond_maha function. | 
| ... | Arguments passed to print function | 
| p_tail | The proportion of the tail to shade | 
| family | Font family. | 
| score_digits | Number of digits to round scores. | 
Value
A ggplot2-object
Plot objects of the maha class (i.e, the results of the cond_maha function using dependent variables only).
Description
Plot objects of the maha class (i.e, the results of the cond_maha function using dependent variables only).
Usage
## S3 method for class 'maha'
plot(
  x,
  ...,
  p_tail = 0,
  family = "sans",
  score_digits = ifelse(min(x$sigma) >= 10, 0, 2)
)
Arguments
| x | The results of the cond_maha function. | 
| ... | Arguments passed to print function | 
| p_tail | Proportion in violin tail (defaults to 0). | 
| family | Font family. | 
| score_digits | Number of digits to round scores. | 
Value
A ggplot2-object
Rounds proportions to significant digits both near 0 and 1, then converts to percentiles
Description
Rounds proportions to significant digits both near 0 and 1, then converts to percentiles
Usage
proportion2percentile(
  p,
  digits = 2,
  remove_leading_zero = TRUE,
  add_percent_character = FALSE
)
Arguments
| p | probability | 
| digits | rounding digits. Defaults to 2 | 
| remove_leading_zero | Remove leading zero for small percentiles, Defaults to TRUE | 
| add_percent_character | Append percent character. Defaults to FALSE | 
Value
character vector
Examples
proportion2percentile(0.01111)
Rounds proportions to significant digits both near 0 and 1
Description
Rounds proportions to significant digits both near 0 and 1
Usage
proportion_round(p, digits = 2)
Arguments
| p | probability | 
| digits | rounding digits | 
Value
numeric vector
Examples
proportion_round(0.01111)