A note on shrinkage sliced inverse regression

We employ Lasso shrinkage within the context of sufficient dimension reduction to obtain a shrinkage sliced inverse regression estimator, which provides easier interpretations and better prediction accuracy without assuming a parametric model. The shrinkage sliced inverse regression approach can be employed for both single-index and multiple-index models. Simulation studies suggest that the new estimator performs well when its tuning parameter is selected by either the Bayesian information criterion or the residual information criterion. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.