A semi-local likelihood regression estimator of the proportion based on group testing data

Dewei Wang, Haiming Zhou and K. B. Kulasekera

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 2013, vol. 25, issue 1, 209-221

Abstract: In this paper, we are concerned with the estimation of a proportion based on group testing data where the prevalence of a disease is observed for groups of individuals. Based on the covariates measured on all individuals in every group, we propose a local likelihood estimator of the prevalence probability as a function of the covariate. We show that the proposed estimator has an asymptotic normal distribution. Finite sample performance of the method is exhibited via some simulated examples and a real data analysis.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/10485252.2012.750726

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