Electronic Journal of Statistics
- Electron. J. Statist.
- Volume 4 (2010), 1097-1112.
A generic algorithm for reducing bias in parametric estimation
Ioannis Kosmidis and David Firth
Abstract
A general iterative algorithm is developed for the computation of reduced-bias parameter estimates in regular statistical models through adjustments to the score function. The algorithm unifies and provides appealing new interpretation for iterative methods that have been published previously for some specific model classes. The new algorithm can usefully be viewed as a series of iterative bias corrections, thus facilitating the adjusted score approach to bias reduction in any model for which the first-order bias of the maximum likelihood estimator has already been derived. The method is tested by application to a logit-linear multiple regression model with beta-distributed responses; the results confirm the effectiveness of the new algorithm, and also reveal some important errors in the existing literature on beta regression.
Article information
Source
Electron. J. Statist., Volume 4 (2010), 1097-1112.
Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 15 October 2010
Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejs/1287147913
Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/10-EJS579
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2735881
Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1329.62103
Subjects
Primary: 62F10: Point estimation 62F12: Asymptotic properties of estimators
Secondary: 62F05: Asymptotic properties of tests
Keywords
Adjusted score asymptotic bias correction beta regression bias reduction fisher scoring prater gasoline data
Citation
Kosmidis, Ioannis; Firth, David. A generic algorithm for reducing bias in parametric estimation. Electron. J. Statist. 4 (2010), 1097--1112. doi:10.1214/10-EJS579. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejs/1287147913

