Index: The Book of Statistical ProofsStatistical Models ▷ Univariate normal data ▷ Univariate Gaussian with known variance ▷ Cross-validated log Bayes factor

Theorem: Let

$\label{eq:ugkv} y = \left\lbrace y_1, \ldots, y_n \right\rbrace, \quad y_i \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu, \sigma^2), \quad i = 1, \ldots, n$

be a univariate Gaussian data set with unknown mean $\mu$ and known variance $\sigma^2$. Moreover, assume two statistical models, one assuming that $\mu$ is zero (null model), the other imposing a normal distribution as the prior distribution on the model parameter $\mu$ (alternative):

$\label{eq:UGkv-m01} \begin{split} m_0&: \; y_i \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu, \sigma^2), \; \mu = 0 \\ m_1&: \; y_i \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu, \sigma^2), \; \mu \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu_0, \lambda_0^{-1}) \; . \end{split}$

Then, the cross-validated log Bayes factor in favor of $m_1$ against $m_0$ is

$\label{eq:UGkv-cvLBF} \mathrm{cvLBF}_{10} = \frac{S}{2} \log \left( \frac{S-1}{S} \right) - \frac{\tau}{2} \sum_{i=1}^S \left( \frac{\left(n_1 \bar{y}_1^{(i)}\right)^2}{n_1} - \frac{(n \bar{y})^2}{n} \right)$

where $\bar{y}$ is the sample mean, $\tau = 1/\sigma^2$ is the inverse variance or precision, $y_1^{(i)}$ are the training data in the $i$-th cross-validation fold and $S$ is the number of data subsets.

Proof: The relationship between log Bayes factor and log model evidences also holds for cross-validated log bayes factor (cvLBF) and cross-validated log model evidences (cvLME):

$\label{eq:cvLBF-cvLME} \mathrm{cvLBF}_{12} = \mathrm{cvLME}(m_1) - \mathrm{cvLME}(m_2) \; .$

The cross-validated log model evidences of $m_0$ and $m_1$ are given by

$\label{eq:UGkv-cvLME-m01} \begin{split} \mathrm{cvLME}(m_0) &= \frac{n}{2} \log\left( \frac{\tau}{2 \pi} \right) - \frac{1}{2} \left( \tau y^\mathrm{T} y \right) \\ \mathrm{cvLME}(m_1) &= \frac{n}{2} \log \left( \frac{\tau}{2 \pi} \right) + \frac{S}{2} \log \left( \frac{S-1}{S} \right) - \frac{\tau}{2} \left[ y^\mathrm{T} y + \sum_{i=1}^S \left( \frac{\left(n_1 \bar{y}_1^{(i)}\right)^2}{n_1} - \frac{(n \bar{y})^2}{n} \right) \right] \; . \end{split}$

Subtracting the two cvLMEs from each other, the cvLBF emerges as

$\label{eq:UGkv-cvLBF-qed} \begin{split} \mathrm{cvLBF}_{10} &= \mathrm{cvLME}(m_1) - \mathrm{LME}(m_0) \\ &= \left( \frac{n}{2} \log \left( \frac{\tau}{2 \pi} \right) + \frac{S}{2} \log \left( \frac{S-1}{S} \right) - \frac{\tau}{2} \left[ y^\mathrm{T} y + \sum_{i=1}^S \left( \frac{\left(n_1 \bar{y}_1^{(i)}\right)^2}{n_1} - \frac{(n \bar{y})^2}{n} \right) \right] \right) \\ &- \left( \frac{n}{2} \log \left( \frac{\tau}{2 \pi} \right) - \frac{1}{2} \left( \tau y^\mathrm{T} y \right) \right) \\ &= \frac{S}{2} \log \left( \frac{S-1}{S} \right) - \frac{\tau}{2} \sum_{i=1}^S \left( \frac{\left(n_1 \bar{y}_1^{(i)}\right)^2}{n_1} - \frac{(n \bar{y})^2}{n} \right) \; . \end{split}$
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Metadata: ID: P218 | shortcut: ugkv-cvlbf | author: JoramSoch | date: 2021-03-24, 11:13.