Adaptive Confidence Sets for Binary Regression without Design Smoothness
We study honest adaptive confidence sets for the regression function in random-design binary regression under L^2(dx) loss. Assuming only known bounds 0 < c <= g <= C < infinity on the unknown design density, we construct asymptotically honest, rate-adaptive confidence sets without requiring g to be smooth. Full adaptation is possible when the range of regression-function smoothness spans at most a factor of two. Over wider smoothness ranges, adaptation is achieved on the usual separated classes at the corresponding testing rates n^{-2s/(4s+d)}. A lower bound under the uniform design shows that these separation rates are rate-optimal. This answers a question raised by Mukherjee and Sen (2018).
Authors
- Patrick Lopatto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9811-8052)
- P. M. Aronow
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/9ej9-vt42
- Primary Topic
- Statistical Methods and Inference
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00