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Median Regularity and Honest Inference

Statistics Theory 2022-06-08 v1 Methodology Statistics Theory

Abstract

We introduce a new notion of regularity of an estimator called median regularity. We prove that uniformly valid (honest) inference for a functional is possible if and only if there exists a median regular estimator of that functional. To our knowledge, such a notion of regularity that is necessary for uniformly valid inference is unavailable in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2206.02954,
  title  = {Median Regularity and Honest Inference},
  author = {Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla and Sivaraman Balakrishnan and Larry Wasserman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.02954},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages

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