Reducing variability using bootstrap methods with qualitative constraints
利用定性约束的 bootstrap 方法降低变异性
Parametric methods are often attractive for small to moderate samples, since, relative to nonparametric techniques, they reduce variability of a wide range of statistical procedures. However, when sample size is small there is often little empirical evidence to support a particular model, and so, while variance can be reduced, bias may be increased. In theory, smoothing can be used to reduce variability of nonparametric procedures, but the difficulty of choosing the…