کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1149833 957898 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Modified quasi-profile likelihoods from estimating functions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات ریاضیات کاربردی
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Modified quasi-profile likelihoods from estimating functions
چکیده انگلیسی

We discuss higher-order adjustments for a quasi-profile likelihood for a scalar parameter of interest, in order to alleviate some of the problems inherent to the presence of nuisance parameters, such as bias and inconsistency. Indeed, quasi-profile score functions for the parameter of interest have bias of order O(1)O(1), and such bias can lead to poor inference on the parameter of interest. The higher-order adjustments are obtained so that the adjusted quasi-profile score estimating function is unbiased and its variance is the negative expected derivative matrix of the adjusted profile estimating equation. The modified quasi-profile likelihood is then obtained as the integral of the adjusted profile estimating function. We discuss two methods for the computation of the modified quasi-profile likelihoods: a bootstrap simulation method and a first-order asymptotic expression, which can be simplified under an orthogonality assumption. Examples in the context of generalized linear models and of robust inference are provided, showing that the use of a modified quasi-profile likelihood ratio statistic may lead to coverage probabilities more accurate than those pertaining to first-order Wald-type confidence intervals.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference - Volume 138, Issue 10, 1 October 2008, Pages 3059–3068
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