A New Kernel Distribution Function Estimator Based on a Non‐parametric Transformation of the Data

Jan W. H. Swanepoel and Francois C. van Graan

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2005, vol. 32, issue 4, 551-562

Abstract: Abstract. A new kernel distribution function (df) estimator based on a non‐parametric transformation of the data is proposed. It is shown that the asymptotic bias and mean squared error of the estimator are considerably smaller than that of the standard kernel df estimator. For the practical implementation of the new estimator a data‐based choice of the bandwidth is proposed. Two possible areas of application are the non‐parametric smoothed bootstrap and survival analysis. In the latter case new estimators for the survival function and the mean residual life function are derived.

Date: 2005
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