The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Power comparison of distribution-free two sample goodness-of-fit tests

이표본 분포 동일성에 대한 분포무관 검정법 간 검정력 비교 연구

  • Received : 2017.02.08
  • Accepted : 2017.06.14
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

Statistics are often used to test two samples if they have been drawn from the same underlying distribution. In this paper, we introduce several well-known distribution-free tests to compare distributions and conduct an extensive Monte-Carlo simulation to specify their behaviors. We consider various circumstances of when two distributions vary in (1) location, (2) scale, (3) symmetry, (4) kurtosis, (5) tail weight. A practical guideline for two-sample goodness-of-fit test is presented based on the simulation result.

두 표본 집단이 동일한 분포를 따르는지 비교하기 위해 분포무관 검정이 많이 사용된다. 하지만 여러 검정법을 체계적으로 비교한 연구가 존재하지 않아서 각 검정법의 특성을 고려하여 연구 상황에 맞는 검정법을 선택하기가 어려웠다. 본 연구에서는 이표본 분포 동일성 검정에 해당하는 여러 분포무관 검정법들을 소개하고 체계적인 모의실험을 통해 그 성능을 비교하고자 한다. 두 표본이 각각 (1) 위치, (2) 척도, (3) 왜도, (4) 첨도, (5) 꼬리가중치가 다른 분포에서 추출된 상황에 대해 실험하였다. 실험 결과를 바탕으로 이표본 분포 동일성 검정법 사용에 대한 실용적인 지침을 제시하려고 한다.

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