Freedman's paradox
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In statistical analysis, Freedman's paradox,[1] named after David Freedman, describes a problem in model selection whereby predictor variables with no explanatory power can appear artificially important. Freedman demonstrated (through simulation and asymptotic calculation) that this is a common occurrence when the number of variables is similar to the number of data points. Recently, new information-theoretic estimators have been developed in an attempt to reduce this problem,[2] in addition to the accompanying issue of model selection bias,[3] whereby estimators of predictor variables that have a weak relationship with the response variable are biased.
References
- ^ Freedman, D. A. (1983) "A note on screening regression equations." The American Statistician, 37, 152–155.
- ^ Lukacs, P. M., Burnham, K. P. & Anderson, D. R. (2009) "Model selection bias and Freedman's paradox." Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 62(1), 117–125 doi:10.1007/s10463-009-0234-4
- ^ Burnham, K. P., & Anderson, D. R. (2002). Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical-Theoretic Approach, 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag.
