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  • 1Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.

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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Two-way fixed effects models are commonly used in various scientific fields to analyze data with row and column effects.
  • Inference for row effects becomes challenging when the number of observations per cell follows a random distribution and cell probabilities are unknown.
  • Existing statistical packages lack direct methods for testing row effects under these complex conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust statistical method for testing the equality of row effects in two-way fixed effects models with random cell counts.
  • To address the limitations of current statistical packages when dealing with unknown cell probabilities.
  • To provide asymptotically valid confidence intervals for contrasts of row effects.

Main Methods:

  • The study models the number of observations in each cell using a joint multinomial distribution.
  • It establishes the sample mean of observations in the i-th row (Ȳ..) as a Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) of the expected row mean (μ̄.).
  • The asymptotic joint distribution of the row sample means is derived to construct the test and confidence intervals.

Main Results:

  • The sample mean (Ȳ..) is shown to be a consistent and conditionally unbiased estimator of the expected row mean (μ̄.).
  • An asymptotic size α test for the equality of row effects (μ̄.) is constructed.
  • Asymptotic simultaneous (1-α) confidence intervals for contrasts in the row effects are developed.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed methodology offers a statistically sound approach for inference on row effects in complex two-way fixed effects models.
  • The developed test and confidence intervals are valuable tools for researchers facing situations with random cell counts and unknown probabilities.
  • This work enhances the analytical capabilities available in statistical modeling for observational data.