N1 Consider the database "LakeHuron" , containing the annual measurements
of the level (in feet) of Lake Huron 1875{1972, see
https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/Rdevel/library/datasets/html/LakeHuron.html.
The general aim is to estimate the probability density of the level of the
lake.
(i) Construct the histogram estimator with the number of bins selected
by the Sturges rule. On the same plot display the graph of the density of
the normal distribution with estimated mean and standard
deviation (normal fit).
(ii) Among the histograms with the number of bins from 5 to 30, find
the histogram estimator which is closest to the normal fit. Comment on the
bias-variance tradeoff in this case.
(iii) Construct the kernel estimators with various kernels (apply all
kernels available in the R language). The bandwidth can be chosen by
default. Construct the kernel estimators under various choices of
bandwidth (apply all rules for bandwidth selection, which are implemented
in the R language, the kernel can be chosen by default).
Among all constructed kernel estimators, find the kernel estimator
which is closest to the normal fit
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4 messages · hương phạm, Christopher W. Ryan, Rui Barradas +1 more
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:39 AM h??ng ph?m <pth7995 at gmail.com> wrote:
N1 Consider the database "LakeHuron" , containing the annual measurements
of the level (in feet) of Lake Huron 1875{1972, see
https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/Rdevel/library/datasets/html/LakeHuron.html.
The general aim is to estimate the probability density of the level of the
lake.
(i) Construct the histogram estimator with the number of bins selected
by the Sturges rule. On the same plot display the graph of the density of
the normal distribution with estimated mean and standard
deviation (normal fit).
(ii) Among the histograms with the number of bins from 5 to 30, find
the histogram estimator which is closest to the normal fit. Comment on the
bias-variance tradeoff in this case.
(iii) Construct the kernel estimators with various kernels (apply all
kernels available in the R language). The bandwidth can be chosen by
default. Construct the kernel estimators under various choices of
bandwidth (apply all rules for bandwidth selection, which are implemented
in the R language, the kernel can be chosen by default).
Among all constructed kernel estimators, find the kernel estimator
which is closest to the normal fit
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Hello, R-help has a no homework policy. Please find help somewhere else, Rui Barradas ?s 10:50 de 09/02/20, h??ng ph?m escreveu:
N1 Consider the database "LakeHuron" , containing the annual measurements
of the level (in feet) of Lake Huron 1875{1972, see
https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/Rdevel/library/datasets/html/LakeHuron.html.
The general aim is to estimate the probability density of the level of the
lake.
(i) Construct the histogram estimator with the number of bins selected
by the Sturges rule. On the same plot display the graph of the density of
the normal distribution with estimated mean and standard
deviation (normal fit).
(ii) Among the histograms with the number of bins from 5 to 30, find
the histogram estimator which is closest to the normal fit. Comment on the
bias-variance tradeoff in this case.
(iii) Construct the kernel estimators with various kernels (apply all
kernels available in the R language). The bandwidth can be chosen by
default. Construct the kernel estimators under various choices of
bandwidth (apply all rules for bandwidth selection, which are implemented
in the R language, the kernel can be chosen by default).
Among all constructed kernel estimators, find the kernel estimator
which is closest to the normal fit
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Others have already commented on the "no homework" policy. I'd like to make a different point. When I was doing my MSc many years ago, a friend of mine was really struggling with statistics. He complained to me that when studying the textbooks and looking at examples, he could never figure out why the method chosen was the best method for the example. When I looked into it, the answer was horribly simple. The method was chosen first, and the example selected to illustrate. More often than not, the method *wasn't* the best one for the example. Now let's consider the Lake Huron dataset. What is the single most obvious thing about it? It's a TIME SERIES. It's a time series where the events of a year make a modest *change* to the level of the lake, we expect a high autocorrelation.
plot(LakeHuron) plot(diff(LakeHuron)) acf(LakeHuron)
Autocorrelations of series ?LakeHuron?, by lag
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1.000 0.832 0.610 0.458 0.371 0.326 0.285 0.265 0.264 0.258 0.183
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
0.095 0.044 0.029 0.041 0.045 0.035 0.005 -0.033 -0.053
Yup, high autocorrelation is what we get.
This suggests that a model like level(t+1) = level(t) + shock(t)
might be a good first attempt, so
plot(diff(LakeHuron))
What this says to me is that estimating the probability density of the level is not a sensible thing to do. We DON'T have a collection of independent and identically distributed measurements. We have a time series. So, + you CAN do what the homework says + so you CAN use this dataset to illustrate these methods - BUT these methods are NOT a sensible way to understand this dataset.
On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 03:40, h??ng ph?m <pth7995 at gmail.com> wrote:
N1 Consider the database "LakeHuron" , containing the annual measurements
of the level (in feet) of Lake Huron 1875{1972, see
https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/Rdevel/library/datasets/html/LakeHuron.html.
The general aim is to estimate the probability density of the level of the
lake.
(i) Construct the histogram estimator with the number of bins selected
by the Sturges rule. On the same plot display the graph of the density of
the normal distribution with estimated mean and standard
deviation (normal fit).
(ii) Among the histograms with the number of bins from 5 to 30, find
the histogram estimator which is closest to the normal fit. Comment on the
bias-variance tradeoff in this case.
(iii) Construct the kernel estimators with various kernels (apply all
kernels available in the R language). The bandwidth can be chosen by
default. Construct the kernel estimators under various choices of
bandwidth (apply all rules for bandwidth selection, which are implemented
in the R language, the kernel can be chosen by default).
Among all constructed kernel estimators, find the kernel estimator
which is closest to the normal fit
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