Sample size calculations for smoothing splines based on Bayesian confidence intervals

✍ Scribed by Yuedong Wang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 265 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-7152
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(97)00168-5

✦ Synopsis

Bayesian confidence intervals of a smoothing spline are often used to distinguish two curves. In this paper, we provide an asymptotic formula for sample-size calculations based on Bayesian confidence intervals. Approximations and simulations on special functions indicate that this asymptotic formula is reasonably accurate.