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A Modification of the Shapiro-Wilk Test for Exponentiality Based on Censored Data (중도절단자료에 대한 수정된 SHAPIRO-WILK 지수 검정)

  • Kim, Nam-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.265-273
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    • 2008
  • Kim (2001a) presented a modification of the Shapiro and Wilk (1972) test for exponentiality based on the ratio of two asymptotically efficient estimates of scale. In this paper we modify this test statistic when the sample is censored. We use the normalized spacings based on the sample data, which was used in Samanta and Schwarz (1988) to modify the Shapiro and Wilk (1972) statistic to the censored data. As a result the modified statistics have the same null distribution as the uncensored case with a corresponding reduction in sample size. Through a simulation study it is found that the proposed statistic has higher power than Samanta and Schwarz (1988) statistic especially for the alternatives with the coefficient of variation greater than or equal to 1.

The Limit Distribution of a Modified W-Test Statistic for Exponentiality

  • Kim, Namhyun
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.473-481
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    • 2001
  • Shapiro and Wilk (1972) developed a test for exponentiality with origin and scale unknown. The procedure consists of comparing the generalized least squares estimate of scale with the estimate of scale given by the sample variance. However the test statistic is inconsistent. Kim(2001) proposed a modified Shapiro-Wilk's test statistic based on the ratio of tow asymptotically efficient estimates of scale. In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of the statistic using the approximation of the quantile process by a sequence of Brownian bridges and represent the limit null distribution as an integral of a Brownian bridge.

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Shapriro-Francia W' Statistic Using Exclusive Monte Carlo Simulation

  • Rahman, Mezbahur;Pearson, Larry M.
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.139-155
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    • 2000
  • An exclusive simulation study is conducted in computing means for order statistics in standard normal variate. Monte Carlo moments are used in Shapiro-Francia W' statistic computation. Finally, quantiles for Shapiro-Francia W' are generated. The study shows that in computing means for order statistics in standard normal variate, complicated distributions and intensive numerical integrations can be avoided by using Monte Carlo simulation. Lack of accuracy is minimal and computation simplicity is noteworthy.

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Consistency of a Modified W Test for Exponentiality

  • Kim, Namhyun
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.629-637
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    • 2002
  • Shapiro and Wilk(1972) developed a test for exponentiality with origin and scale unknown. The procedure consists of comparing the generalized least squares estimate of scale with the estimate of scale given by the sample variance. However the test based on the statistic is inconsistent Kim(2001a) proposed a modified Shapiro-Wilk's test statistic using the ratio of two asymptotically efficient estimators of scale. In this paper, we study the consistency of the proposed test.

SAMPLE ENTROPY IN ESTIMATING THE BOX-COX TRANSFORMATION

  • Rahman, Mezbahur;Pearson, Larry M.
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.103-125
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    • 2001
  • The Box-Cox transformation is a well known family of power transformation that brings a set of data into agreement with the normality assumption of the residuals and hence the response variable of a postulated model in regression analysis. This paper proposes a new method for estimating the Box-Cox transformation using maximization of the Sample Entropy statistic which forces the data to get closer to normal as much as possible. A comparative study of the proposed procedure with the maximum likelihood procedure, the procedure via artificial regression estimation, and the recently introduced maximization of the Shapiro-Francia W' statistic procedure is given. In addition, we generate a table for the optimal spacings parameter in computing the Sample Entropy statistic.

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More Powerful Test for Normality Based on the Normalized Sample Lorenz Curve (NORMALIZED SAMPLE LORENZ CURVE를 이용한 검정력이 높은 정규성 검정)

  • 강석복;조영석
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.415-421
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    • 2002
  • Because most common assumption is normality in statistical analysis, testing normality is very important. We propose a new plot and test statistic to test for normality based on the modified Lorenz curve that is proved to be a powerful tool to measure the income inequality within a population of income receivers. We also compare the proposed test statistics with the W test (Shapiro and Wilk (1965)), TL test (Kang and Cho (1999)) in terms of the power of test through by Monte Carlo method. The proposed test is more usually powerful than the other tests except some case.

Test of Normality Based on the Transformed Lorenz Curve

  • Kang, Suk-Bok;Cho, Young-Suk
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.901-908
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    • 1999
  • Using the Transformed Lorenz curve which is introduced by Cho et al.(1999) we propose the test statistic for testing of normality that is very important test in statistical analysis and compare the proposed test statistic with the Shapiro and Wilk's W test statistic in terms of the power of test through by Monte Carlo method.

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Normal Probability Plots for Normality

  • Lee, Jea-Young;Rhee, Seong-Won
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.687-694
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    • 1999
  • The goodness of fit statistics of normality plots are obtained using the Receiver Operating Characteristic(ROC) method. This work is intended to compare with Shapiro-Wilk W statistic. Wel will use and discuss an accuracy of the test and the best cut-off value which minimizes the sum of the type I and II error probabilities.

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A note on Box-Cox transformation and application in microarray data

  • Rahman, Mezbahur;Lee, Nam-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.967-976
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    • 2011
  • The Box-Cox transformation is a well known family of power transformations that brings a set of data into agreement with the normality assumption of the residuals and hence the response variable of a postulated model in regression analysis. Normalization (studentization) of the regressors is a common practice in analyzing microarray data. Here, we implement Box-Cox transformation in normalizing regressors in microarray data. Pridictabilty of the model can be improved using data transformation compared to studentization.

A Modification of the W Test for Exponentiality

  • Kim, Nam-Hyun
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.159-171
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    • 2001
  • Shapiro and Wilk (1972) developed a test for exponentiality with origin and scale unknown. The procedure consists of comparing the generalized least squares estimate of scale with the estimate of scale given by the sample variance. However the test statistic is inconsistent ; that is, the power of the test will not approach 1 as the sample size increases. Hence we give a test based on the ratio of two asymptotically efficient estimates of scale. We also have conducted a power study to compare the test procedures, using Monte Carlo samples from a wide range of alternatives. It is found that the suggested statistics have higher power for the alternatives with the coefficient of variation greater that or equal to 1.

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