Author: Jay D. WiererPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Robust Inference
Author: Jay D. WiererRobust Inference
Author: Moti Lal TikuPublisher: Marcel Dekker
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This authoritative new volume treats a wide class of distributions that constitute plausible alternatives to normality -- such as short- and long-tailed symmetric distributions and moderately skewed distributions -- all having finite mean and variance. Robust Inference illustrates the appropriateness of various robust methods for solving both one-sample and multisample statistical inference problems ... develops Laguerre series expansions for Student's t and variance-ratio F statistic distributions ... analyzes normal and nonnormal distribution efficiencies ... works out modified maximum likelihood (MML) estimators based on type II censored samples for log-normal, logistic, exponential, and Rayleigh distributions ... uses MML estimators in constructing robust hypothesis-testing procedures ... considers the specialized topics of regression, analysis of variance, classification, and sample survey ... discusses goodness-of-fit tests ... describes Q-Q plots in a special appendix ... and much more. An outstanding, time-saving reference for theoreticians and practitioners of statistics, Robust Inference is also an excellent auxiliary text for an undergraduate- or graduate-level course on robustness. Book jacket.
Some Robust Inference Techniques in Time Series
Author: William Wiant DavisRobust Inference
Author: G. S. MaddalaDirections in Robust Statistics and Diagnostics
Author: Werner StahelPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461244447
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications DIRECTIONS IN ROBUST STATISTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS is based on the proceedings of the first four weeks of the six week IMA 1989 summer program "Robustness, Diagnostics, Computing and Graphics in Statistics". An important objective of the organizers was to draw a broad set of statisticians working in robustness or diagnostics into collaboration on the challenging problems in these areas, particularly on the interface between them. We thank the organizers of the robustness and diagnostics program Noel Cressie, Thomas P. Hettmansperger, Peter J. Huber, R. Douglas Martin, and especially Werner Stahel and Sanford Weisberg who edited the proceedings. A vner Friedman Willard Miller, Jr. PREFACE Central themes of all statistics are estimation, prediction, and making decisions under uncertainty. A standard approach to these goals is through parametric mod elling. Parametric models can give a problem sufficient structure to allow standard, well understood paradigms to be applied to make the required inferences. If, how ever, the parametric model is not completely correct, then the standard inferential methods may not give reasonable answers. In the last quarter century, particularly with the advent of readily available computing, more attention has been paid to the problem of inference when the parametric model used is not correctly specified.
A Simple Approach to Robust Inference in a Cointegrating System
Author: Jonathan H. WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cointegration
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Robust Statistics
Author: Ricardo A. MaronnaPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119214688
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
A new edition of this popular text on robust statistics, thoroughly updated to include new and improved methods and focus on implementation of methodology using the increasingly popular open-source software R. Classical statistics fail to cope well with outliers associated with deviations from standard distributions. Robust statistical methods take into account these deviations when estimating the parameters of parametric models, thus increasing the reliability of fitted models and associated inference. This new, second edition of Robust Statistics: Theory and Methods (with R) presents a broad coverage of the theory of robust statistics that is integrated with computing methods and applications. Updated to include important new research results of the last decade and focus on the use of the popular software package R, it features in-depth coverage of the key methodology, including regression, multivariate analysis, and time series modeling. The book is illustrated throughout by a range of examples and applications that are supported by a companion website featuring data sets and R code that allow the reader to reproduce the examples given in the book. Unlike other books on the market, Robust Statistics: Theory and Methods (with R) offers the most comprehensive, definitive, and up-to-date treatment of the subject. It features chapters on estimating location and scale; measuring robustness; linear regression with fixed and with random predictors; multivariate analysis; generalized linear models; time series; numerical algorithms; and asymptotic theory of M-estimates. Explains both the use and theoretical justification of robust methods Guides readers in selecting and using the most appropriate robust methods for their problems Features computational algorithms for the core methods Robust statistics research results of the last decade included in this 2nd edition include: fast deterministic robust regression, finite-sample robustness, robust regularized regression, robust location and scatter estimation with missing data, robust estimation with independent outliers in variables, and robust mixed linear models. Robust Statistics aims to stimulate the use of robust methods as a powerful tool to increase the reliability and accuracy of statistical modelling and data analysis. It is an ideal resource for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in statistics, engineering, computer science, and physical and social sciences.
Statistical Inference
Author: Paul H. GarthwaitePublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198572268
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Statistical inference is the foundation on which much of statistical practice is built. The book covers the topic at a level suitable for students and professionals who need to understand these foundations.
Scientific Inference, Data Analysis, and Robustness
Author: G. E. P. BoxPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483259390
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Mathematics Research Center Symposium: Scientific Inference, Data Analysis, and Robustness focuses on the philosophy of statistical modeling, including model robust inference and analysis of data sets. The selection first elaborates on pivotal inference and the conditional view of robustness and some philosophies of inference and modeling, including ideas on modeling, significance testing, and scientific discovery. The book then ponders on parametric empirical Bayes confidence intervals, ecumenism in statistics, and frequency properties of Bayes rules. Discussions focus on consistency of Bayes rules, scientific method and the human brain, and statistical estimation and criticism. The book takes a look at the purposes and limitations of data analysis, likelihood, shape, and adaptive inference, statistical inference and measurement of entropy, and the robustness of a hierarchical model for multinomials and contingency tables. Topics include numerical results for contingency tables and robustness, multinomials, flattening constants, and mixed Dirichlet priors, entropy and likelihood, and test as measurement of entropy. The selection is a valuable reference for researchers interested in robust inference and analysis of data sets.
Robustness in Statistics
Author: Robert L. LaunerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
An introduction to robust estimation; The robustness of residual displays; Robust smoothing; Robust pitman-like estimators; Robust estimation in the presence of outliers; Study of robustness by simulation: particularly improvement by adjustment and combination; Robust techniques for the user; Application of robust regression to trajectory data reduction; Tests for censoring of extreme values (especially) when population distributions are incompletely defined; Robust estimation for time series autoregressions; Robust techniques in communication; Robustness in the strategy of scientific model building; A density-quantile function perspective on robust.