Relative deficiency of quantile estimators for left truncated and right censored data

Mu Zhao, Fangfang Bai, Yong Zhou

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Abstract

The quantity deficiency which was proposed by Hodges and Lehmann (1970) is used to compare different statistical procedures. In this article, the deficiency of the sample quantile estimator with respect to the kernel quantile estimator for left truncated and right censored (LTRC) data in the sense of Hodges and Lehmann is considered. We also give the optimal bandwidth for the kernel quantile estimator. Monte Carlo studies are conducted to illustrate our results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1725-1732
Number of pages8
JournalStatistics and Probability Letters
Volume81
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Deficiency
  • Quantile estimator
  • Smoothed quantile estimator
  • Truncated and censored data

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