Variance Estimation in Spatial Regression Using a Non‐parametric Semivariogram Based on Residuals

Hyon‐Jung Kim and Dennis D. Boos

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2004, vol. 31, issue 3, 387-401

Abstract: Abstract. The empirical semivariogram of residuals from a regression model with stationary errors may be used to estimate the covariance structure of the underlying process. For prediction (kriging) the bias of the semivariogram estimate induced by using residuals instead of errors has only a minor effect because the bias is small for small lags. However, for estimating the variance of estimated regression coefficients and of predictions, the bias due to using residuals can be quite substantial. Thus we propose a method for reducing this bias. The adjusted empirical semivariogram is then isotonized and made conditionally negative‐definite and used to estimate the variance of estimated regression coefficients in a general estimating equations setup. Simulation results for least squares and robust regression show that the proposed method works well in linear models with stationary correlated errors.

Date: 2004
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