• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.571-579
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• 2016

Most of studies related to the distributions of quadratic forms are conducted under the assumption of multivariate normal distribution. In this paper, we suggested an approximation to the distribution of quadratic forms based on multivariate skew-normal distribution as alternatives for multivariate normal distribution. Saddlepoint approximations are considered and the accuracy of the approximations are verified through simulation studies.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.513-523
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• 2016

Fitting a mixture of multivariate skew normal distribution (MSNMix) with multiple skewness parameter vectors via EM algorithm often requires a highly expensive computational cost to calculate the moments and probabilities of multivariate truncated normal distribution in E-step. Subsequently, it is common to fit an asymmetric data set with MSNMix with a simple skewness parameter vector since it allows us to compute them in E-step in an univariate manner that guarantees a cheap computational cost. However, the adaptation of a simple skewness parameter is unrealistic in many situations. This paper proposes an approximate estimation for the MSNMix with multiple skewness parameter vectors that also allows us to treat them in an univariate manner. We additionally provide some experiments to show its effectiveness.

• Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.31-36
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• 2005

EDF에 근거한 Cramer-von Mises 형태의 통계량을 합교원리를 이용하여 다변량으로 일반화한다. 그리고 제안된 통계량의 귀무가설에서의 극한분포를 적절한 공분산함수를 가진 가우스 과정의 적분의 형태로 표현하고 통계량의 근사적인 계산방법을 고려한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.243-248
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• 2003

Fattorini(1986)의 통계량은 Shapiro와 Wilk의 일변량 정규분포를 위한 검정통계량을 다변량으로 확장한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 Kim과 Bickel(2003)에서 제안한 이변량 정규분포를 위한 검정통계량을 Fattorini(1986)의 방법을 이용하여 이변량 이상인 경우에도 실제적으로 사용가능하도록 일반화하였다. 제안된 통계량은 Fattorini(1986) 통계량의 근사통계량으로 생각할 수 있으며 표본의 크기가 클 때도 사용가능하다.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.579-590
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• 2017

The multivariate empirical distribution function could be defined when its distribution function can be estimated. It is known that bivariate empirical distribution functions could be visualized by using Step plot and Quantile plot. In this paper, the multivariate empirical distribution plot is proposed to represent the multivariate empirical distribution function on the unit square. Based on many kinds of empirical distribution plots corresponding to various multivariate normal distributions and other specific distributions, it is found that the empirical distribution plot also depends sensitively on its distribution function and correlation coefficients. Hence, we could suggest five goodness-of-fit test statistics. These critical values are obtained by Monte Carlo simulation. We explore that these critical values are not much different from those in text books. Therefore, we may conclude that the proposed test statistics in this work would be used with known critical values with ease.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.345-358
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• 2012

In a parametric sample selection model, the distribution assumption is critical to obtain consistent estimates. Conventionally, the normality assumption has been adopted for both error terms in selection and main equations of the model. The normality assumption, however, may excessively restrict the true underlying distribution of the model. This study introduces the $S_U$-normal distribution into the error distribution of a sample selection model. The $S_U$-normal distribution can accommodate a wide range of skewness and kurtosis compared to the normal distribution. It also includes the normal distribution as a limiting distribution. Moreover, the $S_U$-normal distribution can be easily extended to multivariate dimensions. We provide the log-likelihood function and expected value formula based on a bivariate $S_U$-normal distribution in a sample selection model. The results of simulations indicate the $S_U$-normal model outperforms the normal model for the consistency of estimators. As an empirical application, we provide the sample selection model for car ownership and a car expense relationship.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.35-47
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• 2004

In this paper, we generalizes Kim and Bickel(2003)'s statistic for bivariate normality to that of multinormality, applying Fattorini(1986)'s method. Fattorini(1986) generalized Shapiro-Wilk's statistic for univariate normality to multivariate cases. The proposed statistic could be considered as an approximate statistic to Fattorini(1986)'s. It can be used even for a big sample size. Power performance of the proposed test is assessed in a Monte Carlo study.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.809-818
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• 2014

Multivariate skew-normal distribution(distribution that includes multivariate normal distribution) has been recently applied to many application areas. We consider saddlepoint approximation for a statistic of linear combination based on a multivariate skew-normal distribution. This approach can be regarded as an extension of Na and Yu (2013) that dealt saddlepoint approximation for the distribution of a skew-normal sample mean for a linear statistic and multivariate version. Simulations results and examples with real data verify the accuracy and applicability of suggested approximations.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.241-256
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• 2006

We generalize the $Cram{\acute{e}}r$-von Mises Statistic to test multivariate normality using Roy's union-intersection principle. We show the limit distribution of the suggested statistic is representable as the integral of a suitable Gaussian process. We also consider the computational aspects of the proposed statistic. Power performance is assessed in a Monte Carlo study.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.1453-1463
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• 2016

The most useful financial risk measure may be VaR (Value at Risk) which estimates the maximum loss amount statistically. The VaR tends to be estimated in many industries by using transformed univariate risk including variance-covariance matrix and a specific portfolio. Hong et al. (2016) are defined the Vector at Risk based on the multivariate quantile vector. When a specific portfolio is given, one point among Vector at Risk is founded as the best VaR which is called as an alternative VaR (AVaR). In this work, AVaRs have been investigated for multivariate normal distributions with many kinds of variance-covariance matrix and various portfolio weight vectors, and compared with VaRs. It has been found that the AVaR has smaller values than VaR. Some properties of AVaR are derived and discussed with these characteristics.