Testing Equality of Nonparametric Quantile Regression Functions


  •  Chinthaka Kuruwita    
  •  Colin Gallagher    
  •  K. Kulasekera    

Abstract

This article proposes a new approach for testing the equality of nonparametric quantile regression functions based on marked empirical processes. We develop test statistics that posses better Type I and power properties in comparison to all available procedures in the literature. Simulation results also indicate that our tests have superior local power properties over existing tests. A data analysis is given which highlights the usefulness of the proposed methodology.


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