Nonparametric Goodness of Fit via Cross-Validation Bayes Factors Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2017. International Society for Bayesian Analysis. A nonparametric Bayes procedure is proposed for testing the fit of a parametric model for a distribution. Alternatives to the parametric model are kernel density estimates. Data splitting makes it possible to use kernel estimates for this purpose in a Bayesian setting. A kernel estimate indexed by bandwidth is computed from one part of the data, a training set, and then used as a model for the rest of the data, a validation set. A Bayes factor is calculated from the validation set by comparing the marginal for the kernel model with the marginal for the parametric model of interest. A simulation study is used to investigate how large the training set should be, and examples involving astronomy and wind data are provided. A proof of Bayes consistency of the proposed test is also provided.

published proceedings

  • BAYESIAN ANALYSIS

author list (cited authors)

  • Hart, J. D., & Choi, T.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Hart, Jeffrey D||Choi, Taeryon

publication date

  • September 2017