Minimum Hellinger distance estimation in a two-sample semiparametric model

Jingjing Wu, Rohana Karunamuni and Biao Zhang

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2010, vol. 101, issue 5, 1102-1122

Abstract: We investigate the estimation problem of parameters in a two-sample semiparametric model. Specifically, let X1,...,Xn be a sample from a population with distribution function G and density function g. Independent of the Xi's, let Z1,...,Zm be another random sample with distribution function H and density function h(x)=exp[[alpha]+r(x)[beta]]g(x), where [alpha] and [beta] are unknown parameters of interest and g is an unknown density. This model has wide applications in logistic discriminant analysis, case-control studies, and analysis of receiver operating characteristic curves. Furthermore, it can be considered as a biased sampling model with weight function depending on unknown parameters. In this paper, we construct minimum Hellinger distance estimators of [alpha] and [beta]. The proposed estimators are chosen to minimize the Hellinger distance between a semiparametric model and a nonparametric density estimator. Theoretical properties such as the existence, strong consistency and asymptotic normality are investigated. Robustness of proposed estimators is also examined using a Monte Carlo study.

Keywords: Asymptotic; normality; Hellinger; distance; Kernel; estimator; Two-sample; semiparametric; model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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