Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures
The idea of using functionals of Information Theory, such as entropies or divergences, in statistical inference is not new. However, in spite of the fact that divergence statistics have become a very good alternative to the classical likelihood ratio test and the Pearson-type statistic in discrete models, many statisticians remain unaware of this p
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Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures
The idea of using functionals of Information Theory, such as entropies or divergences, in statistical inference is not new. However, in spite of the fact that divergence statistics have become a very good alternative to the classical likelihood ratio test and the Pearson-type statistic in discrete models, many statisticians remain unaware of this p
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Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures

Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures

by Leandro Pardo
Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures

Statistical Inference Based on Divergence Measures

by Leandro Pardo

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The idea of using functionals of Information Theory, such as entropies or divergences, in statistical inference is not new. However, in spite of the fact that divergence statistics have become a very good alternative to the classical likelihood ratio test and the Pearson-type statistic in discrete models, many statisticians remain unaware of this p

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040209264
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 11/12/2018
Series: Statistics: A Series of Textbooks and Monographs
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 512
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Leandro Pardo

Table of Contents

Divergence Measures: Definition and Properties. Entropy as a Measure of Diversity: Sampling Distributions. Goodness of Fit Based on Phi-Divergence Statistics: Simple Null Hypothesis. Optimality of Phi -Divergence Test Statistics in Goodness-of-Fit. Minimum Phi -Divergence Estimators. Goodness-of-Fit based on Phi -Divergence Statistics: Composite Null Hypothesis. Testing Loglinear Models using Phi -Divergence Test Statistics. Phi -Divergence Measures in Contingency Tables. Testing in General Populations. References.
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