Quantile and quantile-function estimations under density ratio model

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DOI10.1214/13-AOS1129zbMATH Open1292.62072arXiv1308.2845MaRDI QIDQ367004FDOQ367004


Authors: Yukun Liu, Jiahua Chen Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 25 September 2013

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

Abstract: Population quantiles and their functions are important parameters in many applications. For example, the lower quantiles often serve as crucial quality indices for forestry products. Given several independent samples from populations satisfying the density ratio model, we investigate the properties of empirical likelihood (EL) based inferences. The induced EL quantile estimators are shown to admit a Bahadur representation that leads to asymptotically valid confidence intervals for functions of quantiles. We rigorously prove that EL quantiles based on all the samples are more efficient than empirical quantiles based on individual samples. A simulation study shows that the EL quantiles and their functions have superior performance when the density ratio model assumption is satisfied and when it is mildly violated. An example is used to demonstrate the new method and the potential cost savings.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.2845




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