Nonparametric estimation of conditional distribution functions with longitudinal data and time-varying parametric models

Mohammed Chowdhury (), Colin Wu and Reza Modarres
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Mohammed Chowdhury: KSU
Colin Wu: Office of Biostatistics Research, NHLBI, NIH
Reza Modarres: GWU

Metrika: International Journal for Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 2018, vol. 81, issue 1, No 4, 83 pages

Abstract: Abstract Nonparametric estimation and inferences of conditional distribution functions with longitudinal data have important applications in biomedical studies. We propose in this paper an estimation approach based on time-varying parametric models. Our model assumes that the conditional distribution of the outcome variable at each given time point can be approximated by a parametric model, but the parameters are smooth functions of time. Our estimation is based on a two-step smoothing method, in which we first obtain the raw estimators of the conditional distribution functions at a set of disjoint time points, and then compute the final estimators at any time by smoothing the raw estimators. Asymptotic properties, including the asymptotic biases, variances and mean squared errors, are derived for the local polynomial smoothed estimators. Applicability of our two-step estimation method is demonstrated through a large epidemiological study of childhood growth and blood pressure. Finite sample properties of our procedures are investigated through simulation study.

Keywords: Conditional distributions; Local polynomials; Longitudinal data; Time-dependent parameters; Time-varying parametric models; Two-step smoothing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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