A latent variable approach to learning high-dimensional multivariate longitudinal data

Lee, Sze Ming, Chen, Yunxiao ORCID: 0000-0002-7215-2324 and Sit, Tony (2025) A latent variable approach to learning high-dimensional multivariate longitudinal data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. ISSN 0162-1459 (In Press)

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Abstract

High-dimensional multivariate longitudinal data, which arise when many outcome variables are measured repeatedly over time, are becoming increasingly common in social, behavioral and health sciences. We propose a latent variable model for drawing statistical inferences on covariate effects and predicting future outcomes based on high-dimensional multivariate longitudinal data. This model introduces unobserved factors to account for the between-variable and across-time dependence and assist the prediction. Statistical inference and prediction tools are developed under a general setting that allows outcome variables to be of mixed types and possibly unobserved for certain time points, for example, due to right censoring. A central limit theorem is established for drawing statistical inferences on regression coefficients. Additionally, an information criterion is introduced to choose the number of factors. The proposed model is applied to customer grocery shopping records to predict and understand shopping behavior.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Statistics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2025 11:45
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2025 00:04
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130619

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