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Why no variance term in Bayesian logistic regression?


Bayesian logit model - intuitive explanation?Are logistic regression coefficient estimates biased when the predictor has large variance?logistic regression with slackClosed form for the variance of a sum of two estimates in logistic regression?Evaluate posterior predictive distribution in Bayesian linear regressionClassical vs Bayesian logistic regression assumptionsCase Control Sampling in Logistic RegressionFit logistic regression with linear constraints on coefficients in RIs Bayesian Ridge Regression another name of Bayesian Linear Regression?Bayesian Inference for More Than Linear RegressionEconometrics: What are the assumptions of logistic regression for causal inference?






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... (Bayesian linear regression) is most similar to Bayesian inference
in logistic regression, but in some ways logistic regression is even
simpler, because there is no variance term to estimate, only the
regression parameters.




Why is it the case, why no variance term in Bayesian logistic regression?










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    I've read here that




    ... (Bayesian linear regression) is most similar to Bayesian inference
    in logistic regression, but in some ways logistic regression is even
    simpler, because there is no variance term to estimate, only the
    regression parameters.




    Why is it the case, why no variance term in Bayesian logistic regression?










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      I've read here that




      ... (Bayesian linear regression) is most similar to Bayesian inference
      in logistic regression, but in some ways logistic regression is even
      simpler, because there is no variance term to estimate, only the
      regression parameters.




      Why is it the case, why no variance term in Bayesian logistic regression?










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      I've read here that




      ... (Bayesian linear regression) is most similar to Bayesian inference
      in logistic regression, but in some ways logistic regression is even
      simpler, because there is no variance term to estimate, only the
      regression parameters.




      Why is it the case, why no variance term in Bayesian logistic regression?







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          Logistic regression, Bayesian or not, is a model defined in terms of Bernoulli distribution. The distribution is parametrized by "probability of success" $p$ with mean $p$ and variance $p(1-p)$, i.e. the variance directly follows from the mean. So there is no "separate" variance term, this is what the quote seems to say.






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          • $begingroup$
            @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
            $endgroup$
            – seanv507
            Apr 3 at 21:02










          • $begingroup$
            @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
            $endgroup$
            – Patrick
            Apr 3 at 21:37







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            @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            Apr 3 at 21:39










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            @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
            $endgroup$
            – Firebug
            Apr 3 at 22:12






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            @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
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            – Tim
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          Logistic regression, Bayesian or not, is a model defined in terms of Bernoulli distribution. The distribution is parametrized by "probability of success" $p$ with mean $p$ and variance $p(1-p)$, i.e. the variance directly follows from the mean. So there is no "separate" variance term, this is what the quote seems to say.






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          • $begingroup$
            @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
            $endgroup$
            – seanv507
            Apr 3 at 21:02










          • $begingroup$
            @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
            $endgroup$
            – Patrick
            Apr 3 at 21:37







          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            Apr 3 at 21:39










          • $begingroup$
            @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
            $endgroup$
            – Firebug
            Apr 3 at 22:12






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            2 days ago
















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          $begingroup$

          Logistic regression, Bayesian or not, is a model defined in terms of Bernoulli distribution. The distribution is parametrized by "probability of success" $p$ with mean $p$ and variance $p(1-p)$, i.e. the variance directly follows from the mean. So there is no "separate" variance term, this is what the quote seems to say.






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          • $begingroup$
            @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
            $endgroup$
            – seanv507
            Apr 3 at 21:02










          • $begingroup$
            @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
            $endgroup$
            – Patrick
            Apr 3 at 21:37







          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            Apr 3 at 21:39










          • $begingroup$
            @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
            $endgroup$
            – Firebug
            Apr 3 at 22:12






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            2 days ago














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          $begingroup$

          Logistic regression, Bayesian or not, is a model defined in terms of Bernoulli distribution. The distribution is parametrized by "probability of success" $p$ with mean $p$ and variance $p(1-p)$, i.e. the variance directly follows from the mean. So there is no "separate" variance term, this is what the quote seems to say.






          share|cite|improve this answer









          $endgroup$



          Logistic regression, Bayesian or not, is a model defined in terms of Bernoulli distribution. The distribution is parametrized by "probability of success" $p$ with mean $p$ and variance $p(1-p)$, i.e. the variance directly follows from the mean. So there is no "separate" variance term, this is what the quote seems to say.







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          • $begingroup$
            @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
            $endgroup$
            – seanv507
            Apr 3 at 21:02










          • $begingroup$
            @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
            $endgroup$
            – Patrick
            Apr 3 at 21:37







          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            Apr 3 at 21:39










          • $begingroup$
            @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
            $endgroup$
            – Firebug
            Apr 3 at 22:12






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            2 days ago

















          • $begingroup$
            @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
            $endgroup$
            – seanv507
            Apr 3 at 21:02










          • $begingroup$
            @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
            $endgroup$
            – Patrick
            Apr 3 at 21:37







          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            Apr 3 at 21:39










          • $begingroup$
            @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
            $endgroup$
            – Firebug
            Apr 3 at 22:12






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
            $endgroup$
            – Tim
            2 days ago
















          $begingroup$
          @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
          $endgroup$
          – seanv507
          Apr 3 at 21:02




          $begingroup$
          @patrick for linear regression $y = mx + c + epsilon$, whereas logistic regression p(y=1|x) = logistic(mx +c).
          $endgroup$
          – seanv507
          Apr 3 at 21:02












          $begingroup$
          @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
          $endgroup$
          – Patrick
          Apr 3 at 21:37





          $begingroup$
          @seanv507 and would it make sense to have $p(y=1|x)=logistic(mx+c+epsilon)$ or not? If not, is it because $p()$ is a probability and already includes some uncertainty?
          $endgroup$
          – Patrick
          Apr 3 at 21:37





          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
          $endgroup$
          – Tim
          Apr 3 at 21:39




          $begingroup$
          @Patrick what would this formulation exactly mean? Could you give an example where would you imagine it to be used?
          $endgroup$
          – Tim
          Apr 3 at 21:39












          $begingroup$
          @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
          $endgroup$
          – Firebug
          Apr 3 at 22:12




          $begingroup$
          @Patrick When you describe the conditional expectation in terms of a distribution there's no error term.
          $endgroup$
          – Firebug
          Apr 3 at 22:12




          1




          1




          $begingroup$
          @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
          $endgroup$
          – Tim
          2 days ago





          $begingroup$
          @Patrick linear regression is $Y sim mathcalN(Xbeta, sigma)$ while logistic regression is $Y sim mathcalB(h^-1(Xbeta))$. Error term is alternative way of writing linear regression, but in both cases you estimate mean of some distribution. So error term inside logistic regression would mean that you assume $h(p)$ to be normally distributed. This does not have to be nonsense, but I doubt that this is what you meant.
          $endgroup$
          – Tim
          2 days ago


















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