Confidence Distribution, the Frequentist Distribution Estimator of a Parameter: A Review
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Résumé Il est courant, en inférence fréquentielle, d'utiliser un point unique (une estimation ponctuelle) ou un intervalle (intervalle de confiance) dans le but d'estimer un paramètre d'intér^t. Une question très simple se pose: peut‐on également utiliser, dans le même but, et dans la même optique fréquentielle, à la façon dont les Bayésiens utilisent une loi a posteriori, une distribution de probabilité? La réponse est affirmative, et les distributions de confiance apparaissent comme un choix naturel dans ce contexte. Le concept de distribution de confiance a une longue histoire, longtemps associée, à tort, aux théories d'inférence fiducielle, ce qui a compromis son développement dans l'optique fréquentielle. Les distributions de confiance ont récemment attiré un regain d'intérêt, et plusieurs résultats ont mis en évidence leur potentiel considérable en tant qu'outil inférentiel. Cet article présente une définition moderne du concept, et examine les ses évolutions récentes. Il aborde les méthodes d'inférence, les problèmes d'optimalité, et les applications. A la lumière de ces nouveaux développements, le concept de distribution de confiance englobe et unifie un large éventail de cas particuliers, depuis les exemples paramétriques réguliers (distributions fiducielles), les lois de rééchantillonnage, les p ‐valeurs et les fonctions de vraisemblance normalisées jusqu'aux a priori et posteriori bayésiens. La discussion est entièrement menée d'un point de vue fréquentiel, et met…
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Uncertainty from Bayesian and frequentist methods conveys similar information in practice and can almost always be treated interchangeably in downstream tasks.
“Fortunately for endusers, uncertainty from Bayesian and frequentist methods conveys similar information in practice [131], and can almost always be treated interchangeably in downstream tasks.”
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- Authors
- Xie, M., & Singh, K.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Singh, Kesar
- Venue
- International Statistical Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-02-27
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-39
- ISSN
- 0306-7734 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-5823
- OpenAlex
- W2167958905
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 18.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Statistical Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Probability and Statistical Research
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Keywords
- confidence distributions, frequentist inference, fiducial inference, confidence intervals, p-values, parameter estimation
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