Quantile Regression
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Lingxin Hao and Daniel Q. Naiman |
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Sage |
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2007 |
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978-1-4129-2628-7 |
| Pages: |
126; paperback |
| Price: |
$18.75 |
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Comment from the Stata technical group
Quantile Regression, by Lingxin Hao and Daniel Q. Naiman, provides an
excellent introduction to quantile-regression methods. The intuitive
explanations and many examples make this book easy to read and understand.
An appendix provides Stata commands to replicate the examples using the
datasets available at
http://www.ams.jhu.edu/~hao/QRbook_data_codes/.
After showing the advantages that quantile regression has over least
squares, the authors discuss the estimation technique, the statistical
inference, and how to interpret the results. The example-based approach is
exceptionally clear and avoids swamping the reader in technical details.
The final section of the monograph applies the techniques to changes in U.S.
income equality between 1991 and 2001. This application illustrates both
how to use the methods and how to interpret the results.
Table of contents
Series Editor’s Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Quantiles and Quantile Functions
CDFs, Quantiles, and Quantile Functions
Sampling Distribution of a Sample Quantile
Quantile-Based Measures of Location and Shape
Quantile as a Solution to a Certain Minimization Problem
Properties of Quantiles
Summary
Note
Chapter 2 Appendix: A Proof: Median and Quantiles as Solutions to a
Minimization Problem
3. Quantile-Regression Model and Estimation
Linear-Regression Modeling and Its Shortcomings
Conditional-Median and Quantile-Regression Models
QR Estimation
Transformation and Equivariance
Summary
Notes
4. Quantile-Regression Inference
Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for the LRM
Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for the QRM
The Bootstrap Method for the QRM
Goodness of Fit of the QRM
Summary
Note
5. Interpretation of Quantile-Regression Estimates
Reference and Comparison
Conditional Means Versus Conditional Medians
Interpretation of Other Individual Conditional Quantiles
Tests for Equivalence of Coefficients Across Quantiles
Using the QRM Results to Interpret Shape Shifts
Summary
Notes
6. Interpretation of Monotone-Transformed QRM
Location Shifts on the Log Scale
From Log Scale Back to Raw Scale
Graphical View of Log-Scale Coefficients
Shape-Shift Measures from Log-Scale Fits
Summary
Notes
7. Application to Income Inequality in 1991 and 2001
Observed Income Disparity
Descriptive Statistics
Notes on Survey Income Data
Goodness of Fit
Conditional-Mean Versus Conditional-Median Regression
Graphical View of QRM Estimates from Income and Log-Income Equations
Quantile Regressions at Noncentral Positions: Effects in Absolute Terms
Assessing a Covariate’s Effect on Location and Shape Shifts
Summary
Appendix: Stata Codes
References
Index
About the Authors
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