Marsh, P. (2007) Goodness of fit tests via exponential series density estimation. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 51 (5). pp. 2428-2441. ISSN 0167-9473
Abstract
The properties of a new nonparametric goodness of fit test are explored. It is based on a likelihood ratio test, applied via a consistent series density estimator in the exponential family. The focus is on its computational and numerical properties. Specifically it is found that the choice of approximating basis is not crucial and that the choice of model dimension, through data-driven selection criteria, yields a feasible, parsimonious procedure. Numerical experiments show that the new tests have significantly more power than established tests, whether based upon the empirical distribution function, or alternate density estimators.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2009 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2009 14:47 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2006.08.021 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.csda.2006.08.021 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:5905 |