The presence of endogenous variables in the statistical models leads to inconsistent and bias estimators for the parameters. In this case, several approaches have been proposed which are able to tackle the biase and inconsistency problems only in large sample situations. One of these methods is biased on instrumental variables which causes removing endogenous variables. The method of two-stage least squares is another approach in this case that it has more accurate than ordinary least squares. This paper aims to enhance the accuracy of three methods of estimation based upon least square methodology called, two-stage iterative least squares, two-stage Jackknife least squares and also two-stage calibration least squares. In order to evaluate the performance of each method, a simulation study is conducted. Also, using data collected in 1390 related to the cost and revenue in Iran, those methods to estimate parameters are compared.

Most of the research of design optimality is conducted on linear and generalized linear models. In applicable studies, in agriculture, social sciences, etc, usually in addition to fixed effects, there is also at least one random effect in the model. These models are known as mixed models. In this article, Beta regression model with a random intercept is considered as a mixed model and locally D-optimal design is calculated for simple and quadratic forms of the model and the trend of changes of optimal design points for different parameter values will be studied. For the simple model, a two point locally D-optimal design has been obtained for different parameter values and in the quadratic model, a three point locally D-optimal design has been acquired. Also, according to the efficiency criterion, these locally D-optimal designs are compared with the same designs. It was observed that the efficiency of optimal design, when the random intercept is not considered in the model is lower than the case in which the random effect is considered.

In this paper the mixed Poisson regression model is discussed and a Poisson Birnbaum-Saunders regression model is introduced consider the over-dispersion. The Birnbaum-Saunders distribution is the mixture of two the generalized inverse Gaussian distributions, therefore it can be considered as an extension of traditional models. Our proposed model has less dimensional parameter space than the Poisson- generalized inverse Gaussian regression model. We also show that the proposed model has a closed form for likelihood function and we obtain its moments. The EM algorithm is used to estimate the parameters and its efficiency is compared with conventional models by a simulation study. An analysis of a real data is provided for more illustration.

‎In many fields such as econometrics‎, ‎psychology‎, ‎social sciences‎, ‎medical sciences‎, ‎engineering‎, ‎etc.‎, ‎we face with multicollinearity among the explanatory variables and the existence of outliers in data‎. ‎In such situations‎, ‎the ordinary least-squares estimator leads to an inaccurate estimate‎. ‎The robust methods are used to handle the outliers‎. ‎Also‎, ‎to overcome multicollinearity ridge estimators are suggested‎. ‎On the other hand‎, ‎when the error terms are heteroscedastic or correlated‎, ‎the generalized least squares method is used‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎a fast algorithm for computation of the feasible generalized least trimmed squares ridge estimator in a semiparametric regression model is proposed and then‎, ‎the performance of the proposed estimators is examined through a Monte Carlo simulation study and a real data set.

This paper suggests Liu-type shrinkage estimators in linear regression model in the presence of multicollinearity under subspace information. The performance of the proposed estimators is compared to Liu-type estimator in terms of their relative efficiency via a Monte Carlo simulation study and a real data set. The results reveal that the proposed estimators outperform better than the Liu-type estimator.