For regression analysis of doubly truncated data, we propose two empirical likelihood (EL) inference approaches, called non-smooth EL and non-smooth Jackknife EL (JEL), to make inference about regression parameters based on the generalized estimating equations of existing weighted rank estimators. The limiting distributions of non-smooth log-EL and log-JEL ratios statistics are derived and non-smooth

In recent years, models incorporating heterogeneity among individuals have become increasingly popular in the analyses on subjective ordered choice data. However, there are rare previous studies that include individual heterogeneity in the multivariate ordered probit model. In this article, we describe the Bayesian multivariate ordered probit model introduced by Chen and Dey (in: Dey, Ghosh, Mallick

In this paper, we propose a geostatistical model for the counting process using a non-homogeneous Poisson model. This work aims to model the intensity function as the sum of two components: spatial and temporal. The spatial component is modeled using a Gaussian process in which the covariance structure is assumed to be anisotropic. Anisotropy is incorporated by applying a spatial deformation approach

This paper considers a situation in which cause–effect relationships among variables can be described by a linear structural equation model (linear SEM) and the corresponding directed acyclic graph (DAG). By considering a set of covariates that satisfies the back-door criterion, we formulate (1) the variances of the estimated mean response and (2) the mean squared error (MSE) of the predicted response

Assessing interventions applied to target populations is a matter of prime interest. Studies are usually undertaken to see whether an alternative intervention is superior (or at least equivalent) to a comparable standard intervention. This is typically achieved by comparing alternative and standard intervention within a given study, and the developed meta-analytic methodology is building on this assumption

In receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, the area under the curve (AUC) is undoubtedly the most widely used index of diagnostic accuracy for the assessment of the utility of a biomarker or for the comparison of competing biomarkers. Along with the AUC, the maximum of the Youden index, J, is often used both as an index of diagnostic accuracy and as a tool useful for the estimation

In this article, we consider the problem of estimating cumulative distribution function (CDF) and a reliability parameter using moving extreme ranked set sampling (MERSS). Two different CDF estimators are described and compared with their competitors in simple random sampling (SRS) and ranked set sampling (RSS). It turns out the CDF estimators in MERSS can be more efficient than their competitors in

In this paper, we consider a general linear model where missing data occur in the response variable with a nonignorable mechanism. Also, to deal with missing data, we assume that the probability of missing data follows a logistic model. The main purpose of this paper is to construct some test functions to check the goodness of fit of the general linear model based on the score-type test. To achieve

In many situations, it is crucial to estimate the variance properly. Ordinary variance estimators perform poorly in the presence of shifts in the mean. We investigate an approach based on non-overlapping blocks, which yields good results in change-point scenarios. We show the strong consistency and the asymptotic normality of such blocks-estimators of the variance under independence. Weak consistency

We introduce some new indexes to measure the departure of any multivariate continuous distribution on the nonnegative orthant of the corresponding space from a given reference distribution. The reference distribution may be an uncorrelated exponential model. The proposed multivariate variation indexes that are a continuous analogue to the relative Fisher dispersion indexes of multivariate count models

In this paper, we study penalized empirical likelihood for parameter estimation and variable selection in partially linear models with measurement errors in possibly all the variables. By using adaptive Lasso penalty function, we show that penalized empirical likelihood has the oracle property. That is, with probability tending to one, penalized empirical likelihood identifies the true model and estimates

In multiple testing, the family-wise error rate can be bounded under some conditions by the copula of the test statistics. Assuming that this copula is Archimedean, we consider two nonparametric Archimedean generator estimators. More specifically, we use the nonparametric estimator from Genest et al. (Test 20(2):223–256, 2011) and a slight modification thereof. In simulations, we compare the resulting

Quantile regression models are typically used for modeling non-Gaussian outcomes, and such models allow quantile-specific inference. While there exists a vast literature on conditional quantile regression (where the model parameters are estimated precisely for one prefixed quantile level), relatively less work has been reported on joint quantile regression. The challenge in joint quantile regression

We introduce a new class of regression models based on the geometric Tweedie models (GTMs) for analyzing both continuous and semicontinuous data, similar to the recent and standard Tweedie regression models. We also present a phenomenon of variation with respect to the equi-varied exponential distribution, where variance is equal to the squared mean. The corresponding power v-functions which characterize

In this paper, the repeated measures analysis for functional data is considered. The known testing procedures for this problem are based on test statistic being the integral of the difference between sample mean functions, which takes into account only “between group variability”. We modify this test statistic to use also information about “within group variability”. More precisely, we construct the

A long-standing problem in the construction of asymptotically correct confidence bands for a regression function \(m(x)=E[Y|X=x]\), where Y is the response variable influenced by the covariate X, involves the situation where Y values may be missing at random, and where the selection probability, the density function f(x) of X, and the conditional variance of Y given X are all completely unknown. This

The problem of how to determine portfolio weights so that the variance of portfolio returns is minimized has been given considerable attention in the literature, and several methods have been proposed. Some properties of these estimators, however, remain unknown, and many of their relative strengths and weaknesses are therefore difficult to assess for users. This paper contributes to the field by comparing

Common election poll reporting is often misleading as sample uncertainty is addressed insufficiently or not covered at all. Furthermore, main interest usually lies beyond the simple party shares. For a more comprehensive opinion poll and election coverage, we propose shifting the focus toward the reporting of survey-based probabilities for specific events of interest. We present such an approach for

Inference on impulse response functions from vector autoregressive models is commonly done using bootstrap methods. These methods can be inaccurate in small samples and for persistent processes. This article investigates the construction of skewness-adjusted confidence intervals and joint confidence bands for impulse responses with improved small sample performance. We suggest to adjust the skewness

This paper studies an observation-driven model for time series of counts, in which the observations are supposed to follow a negative binomial distribution conditioned on past information with the form of the hysteretic autoregression. As an extension of the classical two-regime threshold process, the hysteretic autoregression enjoys a more flexible regime-switching mechanism. Stability properties

Standard Poisson and negative binomial truncated regression models for count data include the regressors in the mean of the non-truncated distribution. In this paper, a new approach is proposed so that the explanatory variables determine directly the truncated mean. The main advantage is that the regression coefficients in the new models have a straightforward interpretation as the effect of a change

A unified testing framework is presented for large-dimensional mean vectors of one or several populations which may be non-normal with unequal covariance matrices. Beginning with one-sample case, the construction of tests, underlying assumptions and asymptotic theory, is systematically extended to multi-sample case. Tests are defined in terms of U-statistics-based consistent estimators, and their limits

The subjective assessment of quality of life, personal skills and the agreement with a certain opinion are common issues in clinical, social, behavioral and marketing research. A wide set of surveys providing ordinal data arises. Beside such variables, other common surveys generate responses on a continuous scale, where the variable actual point value cannot be observed since data belong to certain

Complexity of longitudinal data lies in the inherent dependence among measurements from same subject over different time points. For multiple longitudinal responses, the problem is challenging due to inter-trait and intra-trait dependence. While linear mixed models are popularly used for analysing such data, appropriate inference on the shape of the population cannot be drawn for non-normal data sets

We propose a new estimation procedure for estimating the unknown parameters and function in partial functional linear regression. The asymptotic distribution of the estimator of the vector of slope parameters is derived, and the global convergence rate of the estimator of unknown slope function is established under suitable norm. The convergence rate of the mean squared prediction error for the proposed

We consider a problem of allocation of a sample in two- and three-stage sampling. We seek allocation which is both multi-domain and population efficient. Choudhry et al. (Survey Methods 38(1):23–29, 2012) recently considered such problem for one-stage stratified simple random sampling without replacement in domains. Their approach was through minimization of the sample size under constraints on relative

We consider six variants of (local) Whittle estimators of the fractional order of integration d. They follow a limiting normal distribution under stationarity as well as under (a certain degree of) nonstationarity. Experimentally, we observe a lack of continuity of the objective functions of the two fully extended versions at \(d=1/2\) that has not been reported before. It results in a pileup of the

The density function is a fundamental concept in data analysis. When a population consists of heterogeneous subjects, it's often of great interest to estimate the density functions of the subpopulations. Nonparametric methods such as kernel smoothing estimates may be applied to each subpopulation to estimate the density functions if there are no missing values. In situations where the membership for

The definition of multivariate quantiles has gained considerable attention in previous years as a tool for understanding the structure of a multivariate data cloud. Due to the lack of a natural ordering for multivariate data, many approaches have either considered geometric generalisations of univariate quantiles or data depths that measure centrality of data points. Both approaches provide a centre-outward

If explanatory variables and a response variable of interest are simultaneously observed, then fitting a joint multivariate density to all variables would enable prediction via conditional distributions. Regular vines or vine copulas with arbitrary univariate margins provide a rich and flexible class of multivariate densities for Gaussian or non-Gaussian dependence structures. The density enables calculation

Longitudinal studies often involve multiple mixed response variables measured repeatedly over time. Although separate modeling of these multiple mixed response variables can be easily performed, they may lead to inefficient estimates and consequently, misleading inferences. For obtaining correct inference, one needs to model multiple mixed responses jointly. In this paper, we use copula models for