CONSISTENT SPECIFICATION TESTING WITH NUISANCE PARAMETERS PRESENT ONLY UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE
从拓扑角度统一了非参数和干扰参数两种模型设定检验方法,将干扰参数方法扩展到更广范围,并利用Banach中心极限定理和重对数律导出简单检验程序,对计量经济学和神经网络研究有参考价值。
The nonparametric and the nuisance parameter approaches to consistently testing statistical models are both attempts to estimate topological measures of distance between a parametric and a nonparametric fit, and neither dominates in experiments. This topological unification allows us to greatly extend the nuisance parameter approach. How and why the nuisance parameter approach works and how it can be extended bear closely on recent developments in artificial neural networks. Statistical content is provided by viewing specification tests with nuisance parameters as tests of hypotheses about Banach-valued random elements and applying the Banach central limit theorem and law of iterated logarithm, leading to simple procedures that can be used as a guide to when computationally more elaborate procedures may be warranted.