What means "out of estimation"?
Price estimations are based on a stepwise
linear regression with
ANOVA.
That method demands the respect of mathematical assumptions that are tested (a posteriori) with a normality test for residuals.
These tests (
D'Agostino and
Anderson-Darling) have only become successfull after the elimination of some wines, adverse to mathematics, they are the ones classified as
"Out of estimation".
Why two types of estimation?
One of my main goals is to offer as much information as possible and to do so, I prefer the classifications involving as many wines as possible.
The first estimation is about the average score (in fact the score and its two, three and four powers), and it takes into account 405 wines in 2005.
A second one is about the whole panel of tasters,and makes it possible to assess the influence of each taster on the price. It gives a better "R
2" but has two flaws:
- it is about a smaller number of wines (188 wines in 2005) i.e. those tasted by ALL significant tasters
- apart from year 2005, they do not satisfy the mathematical assumptions of a linear regression.