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Is Kernel-Regression parametric or non-parametric?
As the title says, is kernel regression a parametric or non-parametric method, and how can this be motivated/explained?
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Why are parametric models usually robust to mild misspecification?
Statisticians often use parametric families of models, for example normal distributions with unknown mean and variance. However, nothing in real life is perfectly normally distributed (or distributed ...
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When do we have nuisance parameters?
From Wikipedia:
a nuisance parameter is any parameter which is not of immediate interest but which must be accounted for in the analysis of those parameters which are of interest.
Suppose originally ...
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