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On difference‐based variance estimation in nonparametric regression when the covariate is high dimensional

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  • Axel Munk
  • Nicolai Bissantz
  • Thorsten Wagner
  • Gudrun Freitag

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Summary. We consider the problem of estimating the noise variance in homoscedastic nonparametric regression models. For low dimensional covariates t ∈ ℝd, d=1, 2, difference‐based estimators have been investigated in a series of papers. For a given length of such an estimator, difference schemes which minimize the asymptotic mean‐squared error can be computed for d=1 and d=2. However, from numerical studies it is known that for finite sample sizes the performance of these estimators may be deficient owing to a large finite sample bias. We provide theoretical support for these findings. In particular, we show that with increasing dimension d this becomes more drastic. If d4, these estimators even fail to be consistent. A different class of estimators is discussed which allow better control of the bias and remain consistent when d4. These estimators are compared numerically with kernel‐type estimators (which are asymptotically efficient), and some guidance is given about when their use becomes necessary.

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  • Axel Munk & Nicolai Bissantz & Thorsten Wagner & Gudrun Freitag, 2005. "On difference‐based variance estimation in nonparametric regression when the covariate is high dimensional," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 67(1), pages 19-41, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssb:v:67:y:2005:i:1:p:19-41
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00486.x
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