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We introduce a new characterization of Pareto distribution and construct integral and supremum type goodness-of-fit tests based on it. Limiting distribution and large deviations of new statistics are described and their local Bahadur…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-21 K. Yu. Volkova

A survey of goodness-of-fit and symmetry tests based on the characterization properties of distributions is presented. This approach became popular in recent years. In most cases the test statistics are functionals of $U$-empirical…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-07 Ya. Yu. Nikitin

In this paper new two-dimensional goodness of fit tests are proposed. They are of supremum-type and are based on different types of characterizations. For the first time a characterization based on independence of two statistics is used for…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-05-30 Bojana Milošević , Marko Obradović

Pareto distributions are widely used models in economics, finance and actuarial sciences. As a result, a number of goodness-of-fit tests have been proposed for these distributions in the literature. We provide an overview of the existing…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-11-21 L. Ndwandwe , J. S. Allison , L. Santana , I. J. H. Visagie

We study the Bahadur efficiency of several weighted L2--type goodness--of--fit tests based on the empirical characteristic function. The methods considered are for normality and exponentiality testing, and for testing goodness--of--fit to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Simos G. Meintanis , Bojana Milošević , Marko Obradović

We consider the problem of goodness-of-fit testing for a model that has at least one unknown parameter that cannot be eliminated by transformation. Examples of such problems can be as simple as testing whether a sample consists of…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-04-28 Sean van der Merwe

Two new goodness of fit tests for the Pareto type-I distribution for complete and right censored data are proposed using fixed point characterization based on Steins type identity. The asymptotic distributions of the test statistics under…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-08-30 Avhad Ganesh Vishnu , Ananya Lahiri , Sudheesh K. Kattumannil

We construct integral and supremum type goodness-of-fit tests for the family of power distribution functions. Test statistics are functionals of $U-$empirical processes and are based on the classical characterization of power function…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-21 Ya. Yu. Nikitin , K. Yu. Volkova

This paper introduces a novel goodness-of-fit test technique for parametric conditional distributions. The proposed tests are based on a residual marked empirical process, for which we develop a conditional Principal Component Analysis. The…

Econometrics · Economics 2025-06-18 Cui Rui , Li Yuhao

Two new tests for exponentiality, of integral and Kolmogorov type, are proposed. They are based on a recent characterization and formed using appropriate V-statistics. Their asymptotic properties are examined and their local Bahadur…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-03-20 Bojana Milošević

We introduce a new statistical test based on the observed spacings of ordered data. The statistic is sensitive to detect non-uniformity in random samples, or short-lived features in event time series. Under some conditions, this new test…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-10-27 Philipp Eller , Lolian Shtembari

We introduce new consistent and scale-free goodness-of-fit tests for the exponential distribution based on Puri-Rubin characterization. For the construction of test statistics we employ weighted $L^2$ distance between $V$-empirical Laplace…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-05-30 Marija Cuparić , Bojana Milošević , Marko Obradović

New goodness-of-fit tests for exponentiality based on a particular property of exponential law are constructed. Test statistics are functionals of U-empirical processes. The first of these statistics is of integral type, the second one is a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-03-08 Ya. Yu. Nikitin , K. Yu. Volkova

The discrete Pareto (or Zeta, Zipf) distribution, arises naturally in modeling rank-frequency data across diverse fields such as linguistics, demography, biology, and computer science. Despite its widespread applicability, goodness-of-fit…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-08 Deepesh Bhati , Bruno Ebner , Sakshi Khandelwal

In this paper a new class of uniformity tests is proposed. It is shown that those tests are applicable to the cases of any simple null hypothesis as well as for the composite null hypothesis of rectangular distributions on arbitrary…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-08-21 Bojana Milošević

The Pareto distribution plays a crucial role in various disciplines, necessitating robust goodness-of-fit tests for its validation. This article introduces a novel tests based on Stein's characterization and the Laplace transform, offering…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Deepesh Bhati , Sakshi Khandelwal

In this paper we study goodness-of-fit testing of single-index models. The large sample behavior of certain score-type test statistics is investigated. As a by-product, we obtain asymptotically distribution-free maximin tests for a large…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Winfried Stute , Li-Xing Zhu

We consider the goodness of fit testing problem for stochastic differential equation with small diffiusion coefficient. The basic hypothesis is always simple and it is described by the known trend coefficient. We propose several tests of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-27 Yury A. Kutoyants

In the present paper, we develop a new goodness-of-fit test for the Birnbaum- Saunders distribution based on the probability plot. We utilize the sample correlation coefficient from the Birnbaum-Saunders probability plot as a measure of…

Applications · Statistics 2023-08-22 Chanseok Park , Min Wang

The efficiency of distribution-free {\it integrated} goodness-of-fit tests was studied by Henze and Nikitin (2000, 2002) under location alternatives. We calculate local Bahadur efficiencies of these tests under more realistic generalized…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-25 A. Durio , Ya. Yu. Nikitin
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