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Nonparametric inference for additive models estimated via simplified smooth backfitting

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  • Suneel Babu Chatla

    (The University of Texas at El Paso)

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We investigate hypothesis testing in nonparametric additive models estimated using simplified smooth backfitting (Huang and Yu, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 28(2), 386–400, 2019). Simplified smooth backfitting achieves oracle properties under regularity conditions and provides closed-form expressions of the estimators that are useful for deriving asymptotic properties. We develop a generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) (Fan, Zhang and Zhang, Annals of statistics, 29(1),153–193, 2001) and a loss function (LF) (Hong and Lee, Annals of Statistics, 41(3), 1166–1203, 2013)-based testing framework for inference. Under the null hypothesis, both the GLR and LF tests have asymptotically rescaled chi-squared distributions, and both exhibit the Wilks phenomenon, which means the scaling constants and degrees of freedom are independent of nuisance parameters. These tests are asymptotically optimal in terms of rates of convergence for nonparametric hypothesis testing. Additionally, the bandwidths that are well suited for model estimation may be useful for testing. We show that in additive models, the LF test is asymptotically more powerful than the GLR test. We use simulations to demonstrate the Wilks phenomenon and the power of these proposed GLR and LF tests, and a real example to illustrate their usefulness.

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  • Suneel Babu Chatla, 2023. "Nonparametric inference for additive models estimated via simplified smooth backfitting," Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Springer;The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, vol. 75(1), pages 71-97, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aistmt:v:75:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s10463-022-00840-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10463-022-00840-8
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