A Parametric Approach to Nonparametric Statistics

• Main Authors: Alvo, Mayer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Yu, Philip L. H. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series in the Data Sciences,
• Subjects: Probabilities.; Statistics .; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

This book demonstrates that nonparametric statistics can be taught from a parametric point of view. As a result, one can exploit various parametric tools such as the use of the likelihood function, penalized likelihood and score functions to not only derive well-known tests but to also go beyond and...