Alternative tests for the poisson distribution

© 2015 Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Poisson distribution is well used as a standard model for analyzing count data. Tests based on the index of dispersion (ID) concerning the variance and the mean are not able to discriminate between the Poisson distribution and some others. An altern...

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Main Authors: Manad Khamkong, Pachitjianut Siripanich
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-447352018-04-25T07:52:53Z Alternative tests for the poisson distribution Manad Khamkong Pachitjianut Siripanich Agricultural and Biological Sciences © 2015 Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Poisson distribution is well used as a standard model for analyzing count data. Tests based on the index of dispersion (ID) concerning the variance and the mean are not able to discriminate between the Poisson distribution and some others. An alternative method for the test that data comes from Poisson distribution are proposed based on skewness properties, which is the same as coefficient of variation properties. Monte Carlo studies show that the proposed tests are powerful competitor to the ID tests when alternative distribution is not Poisson but its variance is close to the mean. 2018-01-24T04:47:17Z 2018-01-24T04:47:17Z 2015-01-01 Journal 01252526 2-s2.0-84934765689 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84934765689&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/44735
institution Chiang Mai University
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Manad Khamkong
Pachitjianut Siripanich
Alternative tests for the poisson distribution
description © 2015 Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Poisson distribution is well used as a standard model for analyzing count data. Tests based on the index of dispersion (ID) concerning the variance and the mean are not able to discriminate between the Poisson distribution and some others. An alternative method for the test that data comes from Poisson distribution are proposed based on skewness properties, which is the same as coefficient of variation properties. Monte Carlo studies show that the proposed tests are powerful competitor to the ID tests when alternative distribution is not Poisson but its variance is close to the mean.
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author Manad Khamkong
Pachitjianut Siripanich
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Pachitjianut Siripanich
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title Alternative tests for the poisson distribution
title_short Alternative tests for the poisson distribution
title_full Alternative tests for the poisson distribution
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title_full_unstemmed Alternative tests for the poisson distribution
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