引导复制和评估模型

Induced replication and the assessment of models

We study the assessment of semiparametric and other highly-parametrised models from the perspective of foundational principles of parametric statistical inference. In doing so, we highlight the possibility of avoiding the usual semiparametric considerations, which typically require estimation of nuisance components through kernel smoothing or basis expansion, with the associated difficulties of tuning-parameter choice that blur the distinction between estimation and model assessment. A key aspec