heteroTests Walkthrough

This vignette demonstrates the main workflow in greater depth. We use R’s built-in quakes dataset.

head(quakes)
##      lat   long depth mag stations
## 1 -20.42 181.62   562 4.8       41
## 2 -20.62 181.03   650 4.2       15
## 3 -26.00 184.10    42 5.4       43
## 4 -17.97 181.66   626 4.1       19
## 5 -20.42 181.96   649 4.0       11
## 6 -19.68 184.31   195 4.0       12

1. Fit an initial model

base_model <- lm(stations ~ mag + depth, data = quakes)
summary(base_model)
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = stations ~ mag + depth, data = quakes)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -46.506  -6.996  -0.453   6.643  47.259 
## 
## Coefficients:
##               Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept) -1.920e+02  4.332e+00 -44.335  < 2e-16 ***
## mag          4.791e+01  9.016e-01  53.135  < 2e-16 ***
## depth        1.318e-02  1.685e-03   7.822 1.32e-14 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 11.17 on 997 degrees of freedom
## Multiple R-squared:  0.7404, Adjusted R-squared:  0.7399 
## F-statistic:  1422 on 2 and 997 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

2. Diagnose heteroscedasticity

hd <- HeteroDiagnostic(base_model, quakes)
test(hd)
## [INFO] Running White test
## [INFO] White test completed: statistic = 125.558 df = 5 p = 0
## [INFO] Running Breusch-Pagan test
## $white
## 
##  White's test for heteroscedasticity
## 
## data:  model
## X-squared = 125.56, df = 5, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: heteroscedasticity present
## 
## 
## $breusch_pagan
## 
##  Breusch-Pagan test for heteroscedasticity
## 
## data:  stations ~ mag + depth
## X-squared = 191.93, df = 2, p-value < 2.2e-16
## 
## 
## $vif
##      mag    depth 
## 1.056182 1.056182 
## 
## $reset
## 
##  RESET test for nonlinearity
## 
## data:  stations ~ mag + depth
## F = 130.76, df1 = 2, df2 = 995, p-value < 2.2e-16
## 
## 
## $influence
## $influence$cooks_distance
##            1            2            3            4            5            6 
## 1.454504e-04 8.010212e-05 8.607284e-03 4.476282e-04 1.083646e-04 1.101297e-03 
##            7            8            9           10           11           12 
## 9.346367e-05 1.896963e-04 2.711637e-06 8.889251e-05 1.290241e-03 7.175734e-04 
##           13           14           15           16           17           18 
## 3.149500e-04 2.130391e-03 2.575807e-03 2.204550e-04 6.057777e-03 7.650046e-04 
##           19           20           21           22           23           24 
## 1.190645e-03 5.675233e-04 1.346824e-03 1.460858e-08 2.996695e-04 7.652187e-04 
##           25           26           27           28           29           30 
## 3.698536e-03 7.253494e-04 6.479370e-04 2.918215e-03 2.676040e-04 1.288935e-04 
##           31           32           33           34           35           36 
## 1.322797e-03 9.548130e-05 1.742009e-07 3.095089e-04 1.540495e-03 6.444379e-04 
##           37           38           39           40           41           42 
## 3.260122e-04 2.439560e-03 2.378747e-04 4.890376e-04 1.933416e-05 3.213154e-05 
##           43           44           45           46           47           48 
## 3.286688e-05 9.828450e-04 6.219085e-05 6.215958e-04 4.397684e-05 2.226081e-05 
##           49           50           51           52           53           54 
## 1.627580e-06 2.684053e-03 9.471056e-05 1.672773e-03 6.134508e-05 6.147939e-04 
##           55           56           57           58           59           60 
## 9.598194e-07 1.531032e-04 5.821807e-04 1.577887e-04 4.602208e-05 5.081784e-04 
##           61           62           63           64           65           66 
## 2.555869e-04 1.404548e-04 3.687735e-04 3.866285e-05 1.120433e-03 3.959218e-04 
##           67           68           69           70           71           72 
## 7.711234e-06 1.525450e-03 6.805645e-05 6.242748e-03 1.107397e-03 5.611105e-05 
##           73           74           75           76           77           78 
## 1.265586e-05 1.599208e-03 5.009306e-04 2.932025e-04 1.477644e-04 5.132385e-05 
##           79           80           81           82           83           84 
## 1.406470e-05 3.708912e-04 4.770958e-04 5.773726e-06 2.887050e-05 3.410668e-05 
##           85           86           87           88           89           90 
## 2.795555e-04 9.271635e-06 3.468520e-05 1.217204e-04 2.481608e-04 6.814963e-03 
##           91           92           93           94           95           96 
## 3.669910e-04 6.172743e-04 1.669868e-06 9.655687e-06 5.355154e-04 1.648327e-03 
##           97           98           99          100          101          102 
## 1.628626e-04 4.319054e-04 5.695834e-04 2.039865e-04 4.447047e-04 8.648204e-04 
##          103          104          105          106          107          108 
## 1.060195e-03 8.762672e-04 5.391740e-04 2.282779e-05 2.876198e-04 3.213382e-04 
##          109          110          111          112          113          114 
## 7.318723e-04 1.233571e-03 1.777470e-06 4.652695e-07 9.803300e-04 4.875947e-04 
##          115          116          117          118          119          120 
## 2.593973e-04 5.672999e-04 2.534789e-04 2.487786e-03 5.464304e-04 2.000237e-06 
##          121          122          123          124          125          126 
## 7.066360e-04 1.439374e-04 1.686707e-03 4.291146e-04 8.996980e-05 8.922963e-04 
##          127          128          129          130          131          132 
## 1.774334e-04 2.216767e-03 2.182832e-03 4.403744e-06 6.631434e-05 4.506828e-04 
##          133          134          135          136          137          138 
## 8.167050e-05 1.288742e-04 6.006885e-04 3.127797e-03 2.116238e-03 1.004081e-03 
##          139          140          141          142          143          144 
## 9.299250e-04 1.804579e-04 3.572856e-04 5.178035e-04 1.004533e-04 7.195587e-04 
##          145          146          147          148          149          150 
## 3.116365e-04 1.990741e-05 2.728980e-05 1.294776e-05 3.390635e-04 1.573656e-03 
##          151          152          153          154          155          156 
## 1.360986e-02 1.896685e-03 2.604840e-04 8.298848e-04 1.575989e-03 3.239846e-05 
##          157          158          159          160          161          162 
## 1.678554e-04 4.248443e-06 1.011350e-03 5.040741e-07 4.476282e-04 6.733230e-04 
##          163          164          165          166          167          168 
## 3.444458e-06 6.973463e-05 8.824090e-05 9.927529e-04 6.812188e-03 6.498815e-04 
##          169          170          171          172          173          174 
## 2.270698e-06 3.125087e-07 2.438938e-05 1.719060e-04 2.999155e-05 8.219002e-04 
##          175          176          177          178          179          180 
## 9.285053e-07 8.359222e-04 2.152513e-04 6.901722e-05 6.377049e-04 9.174977e-05 
##          181          182          183          184          185          186 
## 2.020731e-03 9.618092e-04 8.136624e-05 4.393195e-06 5.803189e-05 2.541396e-03 
##          187          188          189          190          191          192 
## 2.221635e-04 1.295871e-04 6.758772e-04 2.713664e-05 3.786639e-04 3.596338e-06 
##          193          194          195          196          197          198 
## 3.789532e-03 7.784533e-04 1.713832e-04 3.015250e-04 5.545890e-05 6.063209e-04 
##          199          200          201          202          203          204 
## 6.453820e-04 1.324058e-03 8.072757e-05 3.973659e-04 2.675495e-05 4.011410e-04 
##          205          206          207          208          209          210 
## 1.407020e-03 9.454527e-05 1.548665e-05 1.302680e-03 9.641889e-05 1.993678e-04 
##          211          212          213          214          215          216 
## 4.196361e-05 1.288936e-04 1.158573e-03 4.022601e-03 6.262349e-06 1.971215e-06 
##          217          218          219          220          221          222 
## 2.178179e-04 1.705779e-04 2.017235e-04 5.743189e-07 1.027551e-04 3.806313e-04 
##          223          224          225          226          227          228 
## 1.321782e-04 3.275625e-04 8.601217e-05 4.586044e-04 2.643659e-04 6.050473e-05 
##          229          230          231          232          233          234 
## 1.012548e-04 2.298672e-04 6.736951e-04 1.040411e-04 2.849544e-04 1.077104e-03 
##          235          236          237          238          239          240 
## 1.275991e-03 2.631424e-04 5.638491e-07 6.907381e-04 3.080151e-04 5.050617e-05 
##          241          242          243          244          245          246 
## 9.059249e-05 9.687826e-04 2.673171e-02 8.418424e-04 1.375358e-05 5.113758e-04 
##          247          248          249          250          251          252 
## 1.322236e-04 1.679069e-03 1.128422e-03 6.064643e-06 3.326078e-04 8.474387e-06 
##          253          254          255          256          257          258 
## 2.276769e-03 2.148537e-04 2.253596e-05 1.761104e-04 7.382196e-06 6.357909e-06 
##          259          260          261          262          263          264 
## 3.457661e-04 3.432381e-04 1.699472e-03 4.533231e-04 6.434685e-04 4.594787e-06 
##          265          266          267          268          269          270 
## 4.831830e-05 2.899479e-04 9.381715e-04 2.560821e-04 2.355808e-05 5.659708e-04 
##          271          272          273          274          275          276 
## 1.802743e-04 2.397531e-03 8.998723e-06 1.582943e-04 7.625471e-03 5.861506e-04 
##          277          278          279          280          281          282 
## 1.924824e-04 1.107913e-04 8.970116e-04 1.167657e-03 1.846352e-05 1.730819e-04 
##          283          284          285          286          287          288 
## 7.920044e-04 2.609575e-04 5.391706e-06 6.975056e-04 4.653230e-05 7.404759e-06 
##          289          290          291          292          293          294 
## 1.710657e-04 1.873463e-04 6.666394e-04 2.698283e-03 1.229054e-04 1.750572e-09 
##          295          296          297          298          299          300 
## 3.170299e-04 3.544604e-05 3.660165e-04 8.561011e-04 2.362550e-03 2.197877e-04 
##          301          302          303          304          305          306 
## 2.770440e-04 4.111539e-06 1.070166e-04 2.662680e-03 1.738459e-05 5.963423e-04 
##          307          308          309          310          311          312 
## 5.132561e-04 8.988712e-03 5.424953e-06 1.050619e-03 3.464273e-03 2.215072e-04 
##          313          314          315          316          317          318 
## 1.448382e-03 3.059074e-04 3.246473e-04 5.743752e-04 3.454396e-05 1.431169e-03 
##          319          320          321          322          323          324 
## 1.163457e-04 1.813361e-03 6.527792e-04 6.963019e-04 7.674768e-05 2.572294e-04 
##          325          326          327          328          329          330 
## 8.315699e-04 6.089535e-04 1.991033e-04 5.185259e-04 1.115880e-03 7.399841e-04 
##          331          332          333          334          335          336 
## 5.165306e-03 2.132156e-03 6.131062e-04 2.603176e-03 2.506294e-05 7.819124e-04 
##          337          338          339          340          341          342 
## 1.698762e-05 2.571719e-06 5.144821e-04 1.916724e-03 1.747126e-04 3.974441e-03 
##          343          344          345          346          347          348 
## 9.515094e-04 7.608203e-05 7.073745e-06 1.522752e-04 2.172272e-03 1.081543e-03 
##          349          350          351          352          353          354 
## 2.891747e-03 2.466954e-03 1.346290e-03 1.870995e-03 2.457227e-04 2.980428e-04 
##          355          356          357          358          359          360 
## 1.046704e-03 4.461092e-04 1.981092e-04 4.960450e-04 4.381174e-04 1.149823e-03 
##          361          362          363          364          365          366 
## 7.627428e-05 5.547037e-03 1.147347e-03 4.532987e-07 1.390313e-04 3.430484e-04 
##          367          368          369          370          371          372 
## 1.230063e-03 7.095661e-04 2.278052e-04 1.848886e-03 1.168403e-03 1.610536e-02 
##          373          374          375          376          377          378 
## 3.100138e-05 6.661052e-04 4.271869e-06 3.983228e-02 9.135738e-04 8.049329e-05 
##          379          380          381          382          383          384 
## 1.783047e-06 7.596862e-03 1.181469e-03 7.748307e-05 3.657023e-03 7.482897e-06 
##          385          386          387          388          389          390 
## 1.799792e-03 3.984432e-04 6.173186e-05 3.370196e-04 1.594575e-03 3.862815e-04 
##          391          392          393          394          395          396 
## 2.650254e-04 9.117874e-04 1.647818e-04 2.591620e-06 3.034451e-04 1.155703e-04 
##          397          398          399          400          401          402 
## 6.754566e-03 2.593063e-03 1.732800e-02 1.080629e-02 6.488127e-04 2.036229e-04 
##          403          404          405          406          407          408 
## 6.494197e-05 1.556864e-03 6.067727e-04 2.664229e-04 3.644854e-05 2.155424e-04 
##          409          410          411          412          413          414 
## 4.480440e-06 8.012708e-04 5.701054e-04 1.714623e-03 2.003942e-05 1.523301e-04 
##          415          416          417          418          419          420 
## 1.848538e-04 1.094555e-04 7.906993e-05 1.526538e-03 1.696066e-04 2.598171e-03 
##          421          422          423          424          425          426 
## 2.421435e-04 8.371938e-05 3.606731e-03 4.834455e-05 6.600910e-04 2.714689e-05 
##          427          428          429          430          431          432 
## 7.181677e-05 2.352459e-03 1.858691e-04 3.368187e-04 8.712020e-06 1.960936e-03 
##          433          434          435          436          437          438 
## 1.094602e-03 1.003610e-03 5.697673e-05 9.225951e-06 5.285353e-06 1.684751e-03 
##          439          440          441          442          443          444 
## 5.976188e-06 1.232448e-04 2.250342e-05 1.562610e-04 2.091322e-04 2.430178e-03 
##          445          446          447          448          449          450 
## 1.771010e-03 1.294777e-03 1.948488e-04 1.058032e-02 1.466783e-02 9.123870e-05 
##          451          452          453          454          455          456 
## 1.767965e-04 1.952028e-08 7.831851e-04 4.303933e-06 9.991133e-05 4.739780e-04 
##          457          458          459          460          461          462 
## 5.532880e-04 5.808676e-04 3.387232e-03 4.607543e-05 6.113513e-04 2.642472e-02 
##          463          464          465          466          467          468 
## 7.763971e-04 1.280139e-03 1.119801e-04 5.261916e-04 1.304009e-06 9.110953e-04 
##          469          470          471          472          473          474 
## 1.206394e-04 5.181372e-05 9.163320e-05 4.070636e-04 8.691006e-05 5.259315e-04 
##          475          476          477          478          479          480 
## 2.079891e-04 5.040618e-05 9.032160e-05 2.495771e-04 1.199250e-03 3.439535e-04 
##          481          482          483          484          485          486 
## 1.515597e-03 2.303425e-05 1.431066e-03 1.351893e-04 6.491783e-06 4.093342e-03 
##          487          488          489          490          491          492 
## 1.781758e-03 1.855779e-06 5.769551e-04 2.559844e-03 3.830718e-04 4.104833e-04 
##          493          494          495          496          497          498 
## 6.293088e-05 4.330607e-04 5.075353e-04 2.312563e-05 2.142592e-06 2.325249e-03 
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## 3.507072e-04 8.735888e-05 4.160862e-05 6.759620e-04 2.326792e-04 7.488486e-05 
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## 3.311136e-04 3.724447e-05 2.229418e-04 8.787383e-03 5.077269e-03 8.041707e-06 
##          511          512          513          514          515          516 
## 2.750208e-11 6.618443e-03 9.950213e-05 7.020521e-05 3.082069e-05 2.229626e-04 
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## 4.093466e-04 5.848930e-04 1.916268e-06 9.987753e-05 9.496668e-04 9.703981e-04 
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## 3.886925e-03 5.209815e-08 2.747551e-04 1.347936e-04 6.909379e-07 2.246006e-04 
##          685          686          687          688          689          690 
## 6.526249e-05 1.543942e-03 1.163792e-05 7.226645e-06 8.701434e-04 2.318997e-05 
##          691          692          693          694          695          696 
## 6.784884e-05 2.243106e-04 2.548919e-04 1.556602e-04 7.314943e-05 7.577799e-04 
##          697          698          699          700          701          702 
## 1.106356e-03 6.782817e-04 8.864887e-04 2.058625e-04 5.444202e-04 1.002087e-02 
##          703          704          705          706          707          708 
## 1.600480e-04 1.803078e-03 2.460335e-05 2.069061e-04 3.165046e-03 2.358445e-03 
##          709          710          711          712          713          714 
## 7.031996e-04 1.059012e-04 4.403328e-05 1.726870e-02 4.600677e-05 7.334050e-03 
##          715          716          717          718          719          720 
## 3.839671e-03 6.552220e-04 1.148730e-04 3.271510e-04 1.531447e-03 1.768982e-05 
##          721          722          723          724          725          726 
## 8.951990e-06 1.100596e-03 6.252350e-04 3.780479e-04 4.012709e-04 7.788258e-07 
##          727          728          729          730          731          732 
## 7.799883e-04 1.027596e-05 1.981505e-03 1.292803e-04 3.795289e-05 1.038615e-04 
##          733          734          735          736          737          738 
## 1.147388e-03 2.027998e-05 2.694623e-04 5.660228e-04 3.577965e-04 1.004580e-04 
##          739          740          741          742          743          744 
## 4.354559e-03 1.688785e-04 2.976606e-04 5.688377e-04 3.401688e-04 2.157617e-06 
##          745          746          747          748          749          750 
## 9.418815e-04 8.055503e-04 9.429964e-06 8.097102e-04 1.282625e-03 4.039396e-04 
##          751          752          753          754          755          756 
## 7.221887e-05 4.944557e-04 1.811121e-02 2.174841e-05 7.114780e-05 2.591806e-04 
##          757          758          759          760          761          762 
## 5.901567e-04 6.151635e-03 3.190628e-04 2.729119e-03 2.485600e-06 1.534935e-03 
##          763          764          765          766          767          768 
## 6.175267e-05 1.730799e-03 9.005416e-04 1.745883e-04 6.251554e-04 1.148522e-04 
##          769          770          771          772          773          774 
## 4.808785e-04 1.308032e-03 4.701841e-04 1.150277e-03 1.128134e-04 4.666687e-06 
##          775          776          777          778          779          780 
## 2.488478e-03 6.896079e-05 9.256739e-05 1.269279e-03 2.105541e-06 2.498533e-04 
##          781          782          783          784          785          786 
## 8.468366e-07 3.504641e-05 1.323630e-06 4.530716e-04 1.293002e-05 4.223379e-07 
##          787          788          789          790          791          792 
## 4.773331e-04 6.832607e-04 1.798748e-04 4.348118e-03 1.458296e-04 7.183720e-03 
##          793          794          795          796          797          798 
## 1.564156e-04 2.144356e-03 1.704494e-06 2.024022e-04 4.799621e-04 2.244956e-04 
##          799          800          801          802          803          804 
## 1.545022e-04 1.539064e-03 1.178145e-03 2.258859e-04 8.577806e-04 6.252462e-05 
##          805          806          807          808          809          810 
## 8.684960e-05 1.954506e-03 6.867399e-03 1.447474e-03 7.233463e-06 2.838495e-05 
##          811          812          813          814          815          816 
## 3.450252e-04 8.049103e-04 2.048382e-04 1.574569e-04 1.611919e-03 5.668589e-04 
##          817          818          819          820          821          822 
## 5.175394e-04 4.537397e-04 2.873279e-04 1.831688e-05 2.888562e-06 1.624922e-04 
##          823          824          825          826          827          828 
## 1.175545e-03 6.731792e-06 6.584022e-05 5.571627e-04 2.312258e-03 1.808312e-04 
##          829          830          831          832          833          834 
## 1.661190e-03 3.361467e-04 1.178129e-03 1.216249e-03 2.413154e-04 4.678317e-04 
##          835          836          837          838          839          840 
## 2.927428e-04 1.357345e-03 1.565820e-04 2.538871e-06 7.224042e-04 4.787038e-04 
##          841          842          843          844          845          846 
## 4.584536e-04 2.761186e-03 1.103406e-03 2.896864e-05 1.007796e-04 1.539240e-04 
##          847          848          849          850          851          852 
## 1.295321e-03 3.550946e-05 1.504903e-05 5.147707e-03 1.425211e-03 2.978816e-04 
##          853          854          855          856          857          858 
## 9.658880e-06 5.237535e-04 2.112962e-05 6.986277e-04 5.488686e-04 3.094403e-04 
##          859          860          861          862          863          864 
## 4.015529e-07 1.856976e-06 4.660315e-04 8.403742e-04 2.163241e-03 1.008769e-04 
##          865          866          867          868          869          870 
## 5.638730e-05 3.525929e-04 2.006359e-06 2.337344e-03 2.978989e-04 3.970738e-02 
##          871          872          873          874          875          876 
## 1.079820e-04 2.335804e-04 3.854268e-04 1.365224e-04 7.325721e-04 1.462793e-05 
##          877          878          879          880          881          882 
## 3.534996e-04 3.498689e-06 1.858280e-03 1.544534e-05 2.396300e-04 1.656366e-04 
##          883          884          885          886          887          888 
## 2.156032e-03 1.388267e-04 1.975113e-04 5.737835e-06 5.405373e-05 5.326550e-03 
##          889          890          891          892          893          894 
## 1.176008e-04 1.242068e-04 5.745081e-04 1.386001e-04 6.947351e-05 4.630405e-04 
##          895          896          897          898          899          900 
## 1.670376e-04 7.488923e-05 6.111467e-03 1.357382e-03 3.857840e-04 7.251249e-03 
##          901          902          903          904          905          906 
## 2.409060e-06 5.256316e-04 9.719191e-05 6.205035e-08 4.527863e-08 3.255239e-03 
##          907          908          909          910          911          912 
## 2.201119e-03 7.471355e-03 5.891925e-05 8.942198e-04 1.233727e-03 1.294729e-03 
##          913          914          915          916          917          918 
## 1.230718e-03 2.170011e-04 2.653200e-03 1.499562e-03 1.882859e-03 1.027551e-04 
##          919          920          921          922          923          924 
## 2.097703e-03 2.762033e-02 2.888581e-03 6.460248e-03 2.159218e-04 1.710444e-05 
##          925          926          927          928          929          930 
## 1.105967e-03 1.489553e-04 2.621228e-03 5.913036e-04 6.063600e-05 5.970866e-04 
##          931          932          933          934          935          936 
## 8.895451e-06 3.343695e-04 1.172793e-03 7.047283e-06 3.605056e-02 2.675004e-02 
##          937          938          939          940          941          942 
## 1.850290e-03 1.581126e-03 1.776866e-04 2.001583e-03 4.560962e-04 6.846274e-04 
##          943          944          945          946          947          948 
## 1.796572e-04 5.243167e-03 8.985467e-04 3.359145e-04 2.936231e-04 5.159867e-04 
##          949          950          951          952          953          954 
## 2.033926e-03 7.428518e-06 7.076266e-06 3.545068e-04 2.886557e-04 7.967128e-04 
##          955          956          957          958          959          960 
## 2.784865e-03 7.501866e-04 3.034125e-04 2.429106e-04 2.072199e-06 1.080548e-03 
##          961          962          963          964          965          966 
## 3.442114e-05 8.862949e-05 1.285736e-04 2.116088e-03 6.813540e-04 1.924525e-03 
##          967          968          969          970          971          972 
## 1.361347e-04 7.131638e-05 1.208481e-03 7.242327e-03 2.554560e-04 2.729120e-03 
##          973          974          975          976          977          978 
## 7.439769e-04 4.683381e-04 1.700287e-03 3.237171e-03 2.456969e-03 4.734591e-05 
##          979          980          981          982          983          984 
## 8.290908e-04 3.969786e-03 1.567362e-03 1.111097e-03 1.818735e-04 4.633508e-04 
##          985          986          987          988          989          990 
## 3.908670e-04 5.306012e-05 5.421865e-04 8.648190e-04 2.279865e-04 1.221198e-05 
##          991          992          993          994          995          996 
## 9.360577e-05 2.680374e-04 1.473071e-03 1.046325e-03 6.445468e-07 3.948441e-05 
##          997          998          999         1000 
## 5.766960e-06 1.744932e-04 8.057529e-04 1.604166e-02 
## 
## $influence$influential
##    3   17   70   90  151  167  214  243  275  308  331  362  372  376  380  397 
##    3   17   70   90  151  167  214  243  275  308  331  362  372  376  380  397 
##  399  400  448  449  462  486  508  509  512  539  558  571  601  604  623  636 
##  399  400  448  449  462  486  508  509  512  539  558  571  601  604  623  636 
##  651  653  657  663  675  702  712  714  739  753  758  790  792  807  850  870 
##  651  653  657  663  675  702  712  714  739  753  758  790  792  807  850  870 
##  888  897  900  908  920  922  935  936  944  970 1000 
##  888  897  900  908  920  922  935  936  944  970 1000 
## 
## $influence$cutoff
## [1] 0.004012036
plot(hd)
## $residuals_fitted
## `geom_smooth()` using formula = 'y ~ x'

## 
## $spread_level
## `geom_smooth()` using formula = 'y ~ x'

## 
## $density

## 
## $qq

## 
## $bubble_variance

3. Apply a remedy

wls_model <- fitWLS(base_model)
summary(wls_model)
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = stations ~ mag + depth, data = quakes)
## 
## Weighted Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -26.519  -6.685  -0.537   6.539  40.074 
## 
## Coefficients:
##               Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept) -1.540e+02  4.278e+00 -35.992  < 2e-16 ***
## mag          3.980e+01  9.260e-01  42.975  < 2e-16 ***
## depth        9.189e-03  1.454e-03   6.321 3.91e-10 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 9.985 on 997 degrees of freedom
## Multiple R-squared:  0.6514, Adjusted R-squared:  0.6507 
## F-statistic: 931.6 on 2 and 997 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

4. Compare models

compareModelDiagnostics(list(base_model, wls_model))
## [INFO] Running White test
## [INFO] White test completed: statistic = 125.558 df = 5 p = 0
## [INFO] Running Breusch-Pagan test
## [INFO] Running White test
## [INFO] White test completed: statistic = 249.2441 df = 5 p = 0
## [INFO] Running Breusch-Pagan test
##           white breusch_pagan
## Model1 125.5580      191.9257
## Model2 249.2441      463.6599

The weighted least squares fit typically reduces the heteroscedasticity metrics.