Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

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Fourier Series Approximation for the Generalized Baumgartner Statistic

  • Ha, Hyung-Tae (Department of Applied Statistics, Gachon University)
  • Received : 2012.02.14
  • Accepted : 2012.04.19
  • Published : 2012.05.31
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Abstract

Baumgartner et al. (1998) proposed a novel statistical test for the null hypothesis that two independently drawn samples of data originate from the same population, and Murakami (2006) generalized the test statistic for more than two samples. Whereas the expressions of the exact density and distribution functions of the generalized Baumgartner statistic are not yet found, the characteristic function of its limiting distribution has been obtained. Due to the development of computational power, the Fourier series approximation can be readily utilized to accurately and efficiently approximate its density function based on its Laplace transform. Numerical examples show that the Fourier series method provides an accurate approximation for statistical quantities of the generalized Baumgartner statistic.

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