• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2003

In this study, we suggest the method of small area estimation based on the Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) data in producing unemployment statistics for the local self-government areas (LSGAs) within large areas. The small area estimators considered are design-based indirect estimators such as the synthetic and composite estimators. The jackknife mean square error was used as a measure of accuracy of such small area estimators. The total unemployed and jackknife mean square errors of the 10 LSGAs within the large area of ChoongBuk region are derived from the estimation procedure suggested in this study, using EAPS data of December 2000. The reliability of small area estimators was assessed using the relative bias values and relative root mean square errors of these estimators. We find that under the current Korean EAPS system, the composite estimator turns out to be much more stable than other estimators.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.475-488
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• 2004

Several robust regression estimators are compared under contamination. Symmetric and asymmetric contamination schemes are used to measure the variance and MSE of regression estimators. Under asymmetric contamination depth-based regression estimator, especially projection based regression estimator(rcent) outperforms the rest and under symmetric contamination HBR performs relatively well.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.301-310
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 비(ratio)에 대한 2차잭나이프 추정량을 제안하고, 그것의 편의와 분산이 집단의 수에 대한 감소함수임을 보인다. 또한, 이 추정량의 우수성을 편의와 평균제곱오차의 측면에서 기존의 추정량과 비교 분석한다.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.159-172
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• 1994

An empirical Bayes estimator of the probability of discovering a new species is proposed when some prior information is available on the number f species. The new estimator is shown via simulations to have only a moderate bias and a smaller RMSE than Good's estimator when the species population follows a truncated geometric distribution.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.471-485
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• 2016

Least squares (LS) regression is a classic method for regression that is optimal under assumptions of regression and usual observations. However, the presence of unusual data in the LS method leads to seriously distorted estimates. Therefore, various robust estimation methods are proposed to circumvent the limitations of traditional LS regression. Among these, there are M-estimators based on maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), L-estimators based on linear combinations of order statistics and R-estimators based on a linear combinations of the ordered residuals. In this paper, robust regression estimators with high breakdown point and/or with high efficiency are compared under several simulated situations. The paper analyses and compares distributions of estimates as well as relative efficiencies calculated from mean squared errors (MSE) in the simulation study. We conclude that MM-estimators or GR-estimators are a good choice for the real data application.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.747-758
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• 2013

The covariance matrix is important in multivariate statistical analysis and a sample covariance matrix is used as an estimator of the covariance matrix. High dimensional data has a larger dimension than the sample size; therefore, the sample covariance matrix may not be suitable since it is known to perform poorly and event not invertible. A number of covariance matrix estimators have been recently proposed with three different approaches of shrinkage, thresholding, and modified Cholesky decomposition. We compare the performance of these newly proposed estimators in various situations.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.847-856
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• 2013

In this paper, we deal with testing goodness-of-fit for normal distribution based on parametric and nonparametric entropy estimators. The minimum variance unbiased estimator for the entropy of the normal distribution is derived as a parametric entropy estimator to be used for the construction of a test statistic. For a nonparametric entropy estimator of a data-generating distribution under the alternative hypothesis sample entropy and its modifications are used. The critical values of the proposed tests are estimated by Monte Carlo simulations and presented in a tabular form. The performance of the proposed tests under some selected alternatives are investigated by means of simulations. The results report that the proposed tests have better power than the previous entropy-based test by Vasicek (1976). In applications, the new tests are expected to be used as a competitive tool for testing normality.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1994

확률밀도함수의 적합도 검정을 위한 새로운 검정 통계량을 소개하고 커널확률밀도함수 추정량을 이용한 제안된 검정 통계량의 점근 정규성을 규명하였다. 제안된 통계량과 콜모고르프-스미르노프 통계량과의 소표본 모의 실험비고를 통하여 제안된 통계량의 우수성을 입증하였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.625-636
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• 2011

This paper proposes two parametric entropy estimators, the minimum variance unbiased estimator and the maximum likelihood estimator, for the lognormal distribution for a comparison of the properties of the two estimators. The variances of both estimators are derived. The influence of the bias of the maximum likelihood estimator on estimation is analytically revealed. The distributions of the proposed estimators obtained by the delta approximation method are also presented. Performance comparisons are made with the two estimators. The following observations are made from the results. The MSE efficacy of the minimum variance unbiased estimator appears consistently high and increases rapidly as the sample size and variance, n and ${\sigma}^2$, become simultaneously small. To conclude, the minimum variance unbiased estimator outperforms the maximum likelihood estimator.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.133-145
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• 2007

Local linear estimator has a number of advantages over the traditional kernel estimators. The better performance near boundaries is one of them. However, local linear estimator can produce erratic result in sparse regions in the realization of the design and to solve this problem much research has been done. Local linear quasi-likelihood estimator has many common properties with local linear estimator, and it turns out that sparse design can also lead local linear quasi-likelihood estimator to erratic behavior in practice. Several methods to solve this problem are proposed and their finite sample properties are compared by the simulation study.