Quantiles for counts

José A. F. Machado, J. M.C. Santos Silva

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Abstract

This article studies the estimation of conditional quantiles of counts. Given the discreteness of the data, some smoothness must be artificially imposed on the problem. We show that it is possible to smooth the data in a way that allows inference to be performed using standard quantile regression techniques. The performance and implementation of the estimators are illustrated by simulations and an application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1226-1237
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of the American Statistical Association
Volume100
Issue number472
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2005

Keywords

  • Jittering
  • Quantile regression
  • Smoothing

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