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most citedSparse modeling of categorial explanatory variables

96 citations · 128 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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stat.ME2023

Nonparametric Estimation of the Underlying Distribution of Binned Continuous Data

Ejike R. Ugba, Jan Gertheiss

The estimation of cumulative distribution functions (CDF) and probability density functions (PDF) is a fundamental practice in applied statistics. However, challenges often arise w…

stat.ME2023

Regularization and Model Selection for Ordinal-on-Ordinal Regression with Applications to Food Products' Testing and Survey Data

Aisouda Hoshiyar, Laura H. Gertheiss, Jan Gertheiss

Ordinal data are quite common in applied statistics. Although some model selection and regularization techniques for categorical predictors and ordinal response models have been de…

stat.ME2022★ 15 cited

A Modification of McFadden's for Binary and Ordinal Response Models

Ejike R. Ugba, Jan Gertheiss

A lot of studies on the summary measures of predictive strength of categorical response models consider the likelihood ratio index (LRI), also known as the McFadden-, a better…

stat.ME2021★ 1 cited

Nonparametric Regression and Classification with Functional, Categorical, and Mixed Covariates

Leonie Selk, Jan Gertheiss

We consider nonparametric prediction with multiple covariates, in particular categorical or functional predictors, or a mixture of both. The method proposed bases on an extension o…

cs.CY2021★ 1 cited

Ride Sharing & Data Privacy: An Analysis of the State of Practice

Carsten Hesselmann, Jan Gertheiss, Jörg P. Müller

Digital services like ride sharing rely heavily on personal data as individuals have to disclose personal information in order to gain access to the market and exchange their infor…

stat.AP2021★ 5 cited

Penalized Optimal Scaling for Ordinal Variables with an Application to International Classification of Functioning Core Sets

Aisouda Hoshiyar, Henk A. L. Kiers, Jan Gertheiss

Ordinal data occur frequently in the social sciences. When applying principal component analysis (PCA), however, those data are often treated as numeric implying linear relationshi…