Modelling Sampling Distributions of Test Statistics with Autograd

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02488v2
• Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:02:17 GMT
• Title: Modelling Sampling Distributions of Test Statistics with Autograd
• Authors: Ali Al Kadhim, Harrison B. Prosper,
• Abstract summary: We explore whether this approach to modeling conditional 1-dimensional sampling distributions is a viable alternative to the probability density-ratio method. Relatively simple, yet effective, neural network models are used whose predictive uncertainty is quantified through a variety of methods.
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• Abstract: Simulation-based inference methods that feature correct conditional coverage of confidence sets based on observations that have been compressed to a scalar test statistic require accurate modeling of either the p-value function or the cumulative distribution function (cdf) of the test statistic. If the model of the cdf, which is typically a deep neural network, is a function of the test statistic then the derivative of the neural network with respect to the test statistic furnishes an approximation of the sampling distribution of the test statistic. We explore whether this approach to modeling conditional 1-dimensional sampling distributions is a viable alternative to the probability density-ratio method, also known as the likelihood-ratio trick. Relatively simple, yet effective, neural network models are used whose predictive uncertainty is quantified through a variety of methods.

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