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Two-Stage Plans for Estimating the Inverse of a Monotone Function

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posted on 2015-10-08, 14:46 authored by Runlong Tang, Moulinath Banerjee, George Michailidis, Shawn Mankad

This study investigates two-stage plans based on nonparametric procedures for estimating an inverse regression function at a given point. Specifically, isotonic regression is used at stage one to obtain an initial estimate followed by another round of isotonic regression in the vicinity of this estimate at stage two. It is shown that such two-stage plans accelerate the convergence rate of one-stage procedures and are superior to existing two-stage procedures that use local parametric approximations at stage two when the available budget is moderate and/or the regression function is “ill-behaved.” Both Wald- and likelihood ratio-type confidence intervals for the threshold value of interest are investigated and the latter are recommended in applications due to their simplicity and robustness. The developed plans are illustrated through a comprehensive simulation study and an application to car fuel efficiency data.

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