Empirical likelihood confidence regions of the parameters in a partially single-index varying-coefficient model

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we investigate a partially single-index varying-coefficient model, and suggest two empirical log-likelihood ratio statistics for the unknown parameters in the model. The first statistic is asymptotically distributed as a weighted sum of independent chi-square variables under some mild conditions. It is proved that another statistic, with adjustment factor, is asymptotically standard chi-square under some suitable conditions. These useful statistics could be used to construct the confidence regions of the parameters. A simulation study indicates that, with the increase of sample size, the coverage probability of the confidence region constructed by us gradually approaches the theoretical value.