An extended least-squares method is described which allows us to model the location and scale of a process parametrically without specifying any parametric form for the distribution of the errors. The degree of the associated polynomials is chosen using a step-down method on a table of p-values....

A mixture vector autoregressive model has recently been introduced to the literature. Although this model is a promising candidate for nonlinear multiple time series modeling, high dimensionality of the parameters and lack of method for computing the standard errors of estimates limit its...

This paper studies the asymptotic power of the likelihood ratio test (LRT) for the identity test when the dimension p is large compared to the sample size n. The asymptotic distribution under local alternatives is derived and a simulation study is carried out to compare LRT with other tests. All...

Compatibility testing determines whether two series, say a sub-annual and an annual series, both of which are subject to sampling errors, can be considered suitable for benchmarking. We derive statistical tests and discuss the issues with their implementation. The results are illustrated using...

The small-sample performance of alternatives to the usual likelihood ratio test in mixed linear models is investigated. Specifically, the following tests for fixed effects are considered: (i) a bootstrap-based test, (ii) the Bartlett-corrected usual test, and (iii) an adjusted profile likelihood...

We consider the likelihood ratio test (LRT) process related to the test of the absence of QTL (a QTL denotes a gene with quantitative effect on a trait) on the interval [0, T] representing a chromosome. The observation is the trait and the composition of the genome at some locations called...

Let <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\mathcal{M }_{\underline{i}}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> be an exponential family of densities on <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$[0,1]$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> pertaining to a vector of orthonormal functions <InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$b_{\underline{i}}=(b_{i_1}(x),\ldots ,b_{i_p}(x))^\mathbf{T}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> and consider a problem of estimating a density <InlineEquation ID="IEq6"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$f$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> belonging to such family for...</equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></inlineequation>

Suppose one has a sample of high-frequency intraday discrete observations of a continuous time random process, such as foreign exchange rates and stock prices, and wants to test for the presence of jumps in the process. We show that the power of any test of this hypothesis depends on the...

Some new exact distributions on coupon collector’s waiting time problems are given based on a generalized Pólya urn sampling. In particular, usual Pólya urn sampling generates an exchangeable random sequence. In this case, an alternative derivation of the distribution is also obtained from...

In the present article we are interested in presenting some properties of testing homogeneity of multivariate normal mean vectors against an order restriction for two cases, the covariance matrices are known, and the case that they have an unknown scale factor. This problem of testing with these...