statsmodels.nonparametric.bandwidths.select_bandwidth

statsmodels.nonparametric.bandwidths.select_bandwidth(x, bw, kernel)

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 the bandwidth selection rule, currently supported are: normal_reference, scott, silverman

kernelobject

Not used yet.

Returns:

bwfloat

The estimate of the bandwidth