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A Graphical Method to Assess Goodness-of-Fit for Inverse Gaussian Distribution

역가우스분포에 대한 적합도 평가를 위한 그래프 방법

  • Choi, Byungjin (Department of Applied Information Statistics, Kyonggi University)
  • 최병진 (경기대학교 응용정보통계학과)
  • Received : 2012.11.14
  • Accepted : 2012.12.10
  • Published : 2013.02.28

Abstract

A Q-Q plot is an effective and convenient graphical method to assess a distributional assumption of data. The primary step in the construction of a Q-Q plot is to obtain a closed-form expression to represent the relation between observed quantiles and theoretical quantiles to be plotted in order that the points fall near the line y = a + bx. In this paper, we introduce a Q-Q plot to assess goodness-of-fit for inverse Gaussian distribution. The procedure is based on the distributional result that a transformed random variable $Y={\mid}\sqrt{\lambda}(X-{\mu})/{\mu}\sqrt{X}{\mid}$ follows a half-normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 1 when a random variable X has an inverse Gaussian distribution with location parameter ${\mu}$ and scale parameter ${\lambda}$. Simulations are performed to provide a guideline to interpret the pattern of points on the proposed inverse Gaussian Q-Q plot. An illustrative example is provided to show the usefulness of the inverse Gaussian Q-Q plot.

Q-Q 플롯은 자료에 대한 분포적 가정을 평가하기 위해서 사용되는 편리하고 효과적인 그래프 방법이다. Q-Q 플롯은 자료의 분포와 이론적 분포를 비교하기 위한 확률플롯으로 자료에서의 분위수와 이에 대응하는 이론적 분위수를 각각 수직축과 수평축으로 해서 그린 산점도의 형태를 취한다. 본 논문에서는 확률변수 X가 위치모수 ${\mu}$와 척도수 ${\lambda}$를 가지는 역가우스분포를 따르면, 변환된 확률변수 $Y={\mid}\sqrt{\lambda}(X-{\mu})/{\mu}\sqrt{X}{\mid}$는 평균이 0이고 분산이 1인 표준반접정규분포를 하게 되는 분포적 결과를 활용하여 역가우스분포 Q-Q 플롯의 구축방법을 소개한다. 역가우스분포와 다른 분포를 따르는 자료를 대상으로 그린 Q-Q 플롯에서 나타나는 점들의 형태를 알아보고자 모의실험을 수행하고 그 결과를 제시한다. 실제 자료에 대한 사례분석을 통해 제안한 Q-Q 플롯의 유용성을 보인다.

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