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A note on the Hodges-Lehmann estimator.

Gerd K Rosenkranz1

  • 1Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland.

Pharmaceutical Statistics
|September 1, 2009
PubMed
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The Hodges-Lehmann estimator estimates the difference between medians for symmetric data. This non-parametric method

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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Non-parametric methods

Background:

  • The Hodges-Lehmann estimator is a widely used non-parametric method for estimating a shift parameter.
  • Its performance and estimation properties when the underlying shift model assumptions are violated are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate what the Hodges-Lehmann estimator estimates when the shift model assumption does not hold.
  • To determine the conditions under which the estimator remains interpretable.

Main Methods:

  • The study analyzes the Hodges-Lehmann estimator, specifically the version based on the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.
  • Theoretical analysis is employed to derive the estimator's properties under relaxed assumptions.

Main Results:

  • For data distributions that are symmetric about their median, the Hodges-Lehmann estimator accurately estimates the difference between the medians.
  • This specific result does not generally hold when the symmetry assumption is violated.

Conclusions:

  • The Hodges-Lehmann estimator is a robust estimator of the difference between medians for symmetric distributions.
  • Care must be taken when interpreting the Hodges-Lehmann estimator for asymmetric data.