statsmodels.nonparametric.bandwidths.select_bandwidth¶

statsmodels.nonparametric.bandwidths.select_bandwidth(x, bw, kernel)[source]¶

Selects bandwidth for a selection rule bw

this is a wrapper around existing bandwidth selection rules

Parameters:¶

xarray_like

Array for which to get the bandwidth

bwstr

name of bandwidth selection rule, currently supported are: normal_reference, scott, silverman

kernelnot used yet

Returns:¶

bwfloat

The estimate of the bandwidth