4 papers
Buying Data of Unknown Quality: Statistical Information Procurement Auctions
Yuchen Hu, Martin J. Wainwright, Stephen Bates
We study statistical parameter estimation in the setting of data markets when providers differ in both provision costs and estimation-relevant data quality. We define a cost-per-in…
Residual-as-Teacher: Mitigating Bias Propagation in Student--Teacher Estimation
Kakei Yamamoto, Martin J. Wainwright
We study statistical estimation in a student--teacher setting, where predictions from a pre-trained teacher are used to guide a student model. A standard approach is to train the s…
Instance-Adaptive Hypothesis Tests with Heterogeneous Agents
Flora C. Shi, Martin J. Wainwright, Stephen Bates
We study hypothesis testing over a heterogeneous population of strategic agents with private information. Any single test applied uniformly across the population yields statistical…
Sharp Results for Hypothesis Testing with Risk-Sensitive Agents
Flora C. Shi, Stephen Bates, Martin J. Wainwright
Statistical protocols are often used for decision-making involving multiple parties, each with their own incentives, private information, and ability to influence the distributiona…