Estimating Conditional Distributions via Sklar's Theorem and Empirical Checkerboard Approximations, with Consequences to Nonparametric Regression
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| contents | We tackle the natural question of whether it is possible to estimate conditional distributions via Sklar's theorem by separately estimating the conditional distributions of the underlying copula and the marginals. Working with so-called empirical checkerboard/Bernstein approximations with suitably chosen resolution/degree, we first show that uniform weak convergence to the true underlying copula can be established under very mild regularity assumptions. Building upon these results and plugging in the univariate empirical marginal distribution functions we then provide an affirmative answer to the afore-mentioned question and prove strong consistency of the resulting estimators for the conditional distributions. Moreover, we show that aggregating our estimators allows to construct consistent nonparametric estimators for the mean, the quantile, and the expectile regression function, and beyond. Some simulations illustrating the performance of the estimators and a real data example complement the established theoretical results. |
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| spellingShingle | Estimating Conditional Distributions via Sklar's Theorem and Empirical Checkerboard Approximations, with Consequences to Nonparametric Regression Schärer, Kai Trutschnig, Wolfgang Statistics Theory 60E05 We tackle the natural question of whether it is possible to estimate conditional distributions via Sklar's theorem by separately estimating the conditional distributions of the underlying copula and the marginals. Working with so-called empirical checkerboard/Bernstein approximations with suitably chosen resolution/degree, we first show that uniform weak convergence to the true underlying copula can be established under very mild regularity assumptions. Building upon these results and plugging in the univariate empirical marginal distribution functions we then provide an affirmative answer to the afore-mentioned question and prove strong consistency of the resulting estimators for the conditional distributions. Moreover, we show that aggregating our estimators allows to construct consistent nonparametric estimators for the mean, the quantile, and the expectile regression function, and beyond. Some simulations illustrating the performance of the estimators and a real data example complement the established theoretical results. |
| title | Estimating Conditional Distributions via Sklar's Theorem and Empirical Checkerboard Approximations, with Consequences to Nonparametric Regression |
| topic | Statistics Theory 60E05 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01144 |