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Library: smoother
See also: lpregest lpderrot

Quantlet: lpderxest
Description: estimates the q-th derivative of a regression function using local polynomial kernel regression with Quartic kernel.

Reference(s):

Usage: mh = lpderxest (x, h {,q {,p {,K} {,v}}})
Input:
x n x 2, the data. In the first column the independent, in the second column the dependent variable.
h scalar, bandwidth. If not given, the rule of thumb bandwidth computed by lpderrot is used.
q integer <=2, order of derivative. If not given, q=1 (first derivative) is used.
p integer, order of polynomial. If not given, p=q+1 is used for q<2, p=q is used for q=2.
v m x 1, values of the independent variable on which to compute the regression. If not given, x is used.
Output:
mh n x 2 or m x 2 matrix, the first column is the sorted first column of x or the sorted v, the second column contains the derivative estimate on the values of the first column.

Example:
library("smoother")
library("plot")
;
x = read("motcyc.dat")
mh = lpderxest(x,5)      ; estimate function
;
mh = setmask(mh, "line","blue")
plot(x,mh)

Result:
The derivative regession estimate (blue) using
Quartic kernel and bandwidth h=5 is pictured.



Author: M. Mueller, 19980413
(C) MD*TECH Method and Data Technologies, 05.02.2006