On the use of nonparametric regression techniques for fitting parametric regression models

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1342-1362

  Akritas, Michael G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Polynomial regression; Regression diagnostics; Residual plots; Truncated data

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE MATRIX;

CENSORED DATA; CONDITION; LEAST SQUARE PRINCIPLE; NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION; REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RESIDUAL PLOT; TRUNCATED DATA;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BONUS;

EID: 0030479922     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2532849     Document Type: Article

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