The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

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A Test of Fit for Inverse Gaussian Distribution Based on the Probability Integration Transformation

확률적분변환에 기초한 역가우스분포에 대한 적합도 검정

  • Choi, Byungjin (Department of Applied Information Statistics, Kyonggi University)
  • 최병진 (경기대학교 응용정보통계학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.11
  • Accepted : 2013.08.06
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

Mudholkar and Tian (2002) proposed an entropy-based test of fit for the inverse Gaussian distribution; however, the test can be applied to only the composite hypothesis of the inverse Gaussian distribution with an unknown location parameter. In this paper, we propose an entropy-based goodness-of-fit test for an inverse Gaussian distribution that can be applied to the composite hypothesis of the inverse Gaussian distribution as well as the simple hypothesis of the inverse Gaussian distribution with a specified location parameter. The proposed test is based on the probability integration transformation. The critical values of the test statistic estimated by simulations are presented in a tabular form. A simulation study is performed to compare the proposed test under some selected alternatives with Mudholkar and Tian (2002)'s test in terms of power. The results show that the proposed test has better power than the previous entropy-based test.

Mudholkar와 Tian (2002)이 제시한 엔트로피 기반 검정은 위치모수와 척도모수가 모두 알려져 있지 않거나 척도 모수만 알려져 있는 역가우스분포의 적합을 알아보고자 하는 경우에만 사용이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 위치모수와 척도모수가 모두 알려져 있거나 위치모수만 알려져 있는 역가우스분포의 적합에도 적용할 수 있는 엔트로피 기반 적합도 검정을 소개한다. 이 검정은 확률적분변환에 기초를 두고 있다. 모의실험을 통해서 추정한 표본크기와 윈도크기에 따른 검정통계량의 기각값과 근사기각값을 얻기 위한 계산공식을 제시한다. 제안한 검정과 Mudholkar와 Tian (2002)의 검정을 검정력 측면에서의 성능을 비교하고자 모의실험을 수행한다. 모의실험 결과에서 제안한 검정은 기존의 엔트로피 기반 검정보다 더 좋은 검정력을 가지는 것으로 나타난다.

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