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A simulation study of the robustness of the least median of squares estimator of slope in a regression through the origin model

Master of Science / Department of Statistics / Paul I. Nelson / The principle of least squares applied to regression models estimates parameters by minimizing the mean of squared residuals. Least squares estimators are optimal under normality but can perform poorly in the presence of outliers. This well known lack of robustness motivated the development of alternatives, such as least median of squares estimators obtained by minimizing the median of squared residuals. This report uses simulation to examine and compare the robustness of least median of squares estimators and least squares estimators of the slope of a regression line through the origin in terms of bias and mean squared error in a variety of conditions containing outliers created by using mixtures of normal and heavy tailed distributions. It is found that least median of squares estimation is almost as good as least squares estimation under normality and can be much better in the presence of outliers.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/7045
Date January 1900
CreatorsParanagama, Thilanka Dilruwani
PublisherKansas State University
Source SetsK-State Research Exchange
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeReport

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