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- Title
Sample Size Determination for Kernel Regression Estimation Using Sequential Fixed-Width Confidence Bands.
- Authors
Dharmasena, L. Sandamali; Zeephongsekul, P.; De Silva, Basil M.
- Abstract
We consider a random design model based on independent and identically distributed pairs of observations (Xi, Yi), where the regression function m(x) is given by m(x) = E(Yi|Xi = x) with one independent variable. In a nonparametric setting the aim is to produce a reasonable approximation to the unknown function m(x) when we have no precise information about the form of the true density, f(x) of X. We describe an estimation procedure of non- parametric regression model at a given point by some appropriately constructed fixed-width (2d) confidence interval with the confidence coefficient of at least 1-α. Here, d(> 0) and α &sin; 2 (0, 1) are two preassigned values. Fixed-width confidence intervals are developed using both Nadaraya-Watson and local linear kernel estimators of nonparametric regression with data-driven bandwidths. The sample size was optimized using the purely and two-stage sequential procedures together with asymptotic properties of the Nadaraya-Watson and local linear estimators. A large scale simulation study was performed to compare their coverage accuracy. The numerical results indicate that the confidence bands based on the local linear estimator have the better performance than those constructed by us- ing Nadaraya-Watson estimator. However both esti- mators are shown to have asymptotically correct coverage properties.
- Subjects
APPROXIMATION theory; REGRESSION analysis; CONFIDENCE intervals; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; BANDWIDTHS; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
- Publication
IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 3, p129
- ISSN
1992-9978
- Publication type
Article