## From finite sample to asymptotics: a geometric bridge for selection criteria in spline regression.(English)Zbl 1076.62039

Summary: This paper studies, under the setting of spline regression, the connection between finite-sample properties of selection criteria and their asymptotic counterparts, focusing on bridging the gap between the two. We introduce a bias-variance decomposition of the prediction error, using which it is shown that in the asymptotics the bias term dominates the variability term, providing an explanation of the gap. A geometric exposition is provided for intuitive understanding. The theoretical and geometric results are illustrated through a numerical example.

### MSC:

 62G08 Nonparametric regression and quantile regression 62G20 Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference 62H12 Estimation in multivariate analysis 65C60 Computational problems in statistics (MSC2010)

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