Kernel density estimation (KDE) and nonparametric methods form a cornerstone of contemporary statistical analysis. Unlike parametric approaches that assume a specific functional form for the ...

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 34, No. 4, Special Issue on Big Data (October 2016), pp. 661-672 (12 pages) Randomized controlled trials play an important role in how Internet ...

Bayesian estimation and maximum likelihood methods represent two central paradigms in modern statistical inference. Bayesian estimation incorporates prior beliefs through Bayes’ theorem, updating ...