Valid post-selection inference

DOI10.1214/12-AOS1077zbMATH Open1267.62080arXiv1306.1059OpenAlexW2009462809MaRDI QIDQ355109FDOQ355109

Authors: Andreas Buja, Linda Zhao, Richard Berk, Lawrence Brown, Kai Zhang 

Publication date: 24 July 2013

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is common practice in statistical data analysis to perform data-driven variable selection and derive statistical inference from the resulting model. Such inference enjoys none of the guarantees that classical statistical theory provides for tests and confidence intervals when the model has been chosen a priori. We propose to produce valid ``post-selection inference by reducing the problem to one of simultaneous inference and hence suitably widening conventional confidence and retention intervals. Simultaneity is required for all linear functions that arise as coefficient estimates in all submodels. By purchasing ``simultaneity insurance for all possible submodels, the resulting post-selection inference is rendered universally valid under all possible model selection procedures. This inference is therefore generally conservative for particular selection procedures, but it is always less conservative than full Scheffe protection. Importantly it does not depend on the truth of the selected submodel, and hence it produces valid inference even in wrong models. We describe the structure of the simultaneous inference problem and give some asymptotic results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1059

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zbMATH Keywords

model selectionhigh-dimensional inferencelinear regressionmultiple comparisonssphere packingfamily-wise error

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Estimation in multivariate analysis (62H12) Analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA) (62J10) Paired and multiple comparisons; multiple testing (62J15)

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