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Large tests of independence in incomplete two-way contingency tables using fractional imputation

  • Kang, Shin-Soo;Larsen, Michael D.
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.971-984
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    • 2015
  • Imputation procedures fill-in missing values, thereby enabling complete data analyses. Fully efficient fractional imputation (FEFI) and multiple imputation (MI) create multiple versions of the missing observations, thereby reflecting uncertainty about their true values. Methods have been described for hypothesis testing with multiple imputation. Fractional imputation assigns weights to the observed data to compensate for missing values. The focus of this article is the development of tests of independence using FEFI for partially classified two-way contingency tables. Wald and deviance tests of independence under FEFI are proposed. Simulations are used to compare type I error rates and Power. The partially observed marginal information is useful for estimating the joint distribution of cell probabilities, but it is not useful for testing association. FEFI compares favorably to other methods in simulations.

The Rao-Robson Chi-Squared Test for Multivariate Structure

  • Park, Cheol-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.1013-1021
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    • 2003
  • Huffer and Park (2002) proposed a chi-squared test for multivariate structure. Their test detects the deviation of data from mutual independence or multivariate normality. We will compute the Rao-Robson chi-squared version of the test, which is easy to apply in practice since it has a limiting chi-squared distribution. We will provide a self-contained argument that it has a limiting chi-squared distribution. We study the accuracy in finite samples of the limiting distribution. We finally compare the power of our test with those of other popular normality tests in an application to a real data.

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New Wald Test Compared with Chen and Fienberg's for Testing Independence in Incomplete Contingency Tables

  • Kang, Shin-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 2005
  • In $I{\times}J$ incomplete contingency tables, the test of independence proposed by Chen and Fienberg(1974) uses $I{\times}J-1$ instead of (I-1)(J-1) degrees of freedom without providing much of an increase in the value of the test statistic. For these reasons, Chen and Fienberg tests are expected to have less power. New Wald test statistic related to the part of Chen and Fienberg test statistic is proposed using delta method. These two tests are compared through Monte Carlo studies.

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Bootstrap Method for Row and Column Effects Model

  • Jeong, Hyeong-Chul
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.521-529
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we consider a bootstrap method to the 'row and column effects model' (RC model) to analyze a contingency table with ordered variables. We propose a bootstrap procedure for testing of independence, equality of intervals, and goodness of fit in the RC model. A real data example is included.

A Bootstrap Test of Independence for an Absolutely Continuous Bivariate Exponential Model

  • Lee, In Suk;Kim, Dal Ho;Cho, Jang Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, we consider the problem of testing independence in the absolutely continuous bivariate exponential distribution of Block and Basu(1974). We construct a bootstrap procedure for testing zero and non-zero values of the parameter ${\lambda}_3$ which measures the degree of dependence and compare the power of the bootstrap test with likelihood ratio test(LRT) by Gupta et al.(1984) and the test based on maximum likelihood estimator(MLE) $\hat{{\lambda}}_3$ by Hanagal and Kale(1991) for small and moderate sample sizes.

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Power Comparison of Independence Test for the Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Family

  • Amini, M.;Jabbari, H.;Mohtashami Borzadaran, G.R.;Azadbakhsh, M.
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.493-505
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    • 2010
  • Developing a test for independence of random variables X and Y against the alternative has an important role in statistical inference. Kochar and Gupta (1987) proposed a class of tests in view of Block and Basu (1974) model and compared the powers for sample sizes n = 8, 12. In this paper, we evaluate Kochar and Gupta (1987) class of tests for testing independence against quadrant dependence in absolutely continuous bivariate Farlie-Gambel-Morgenstern distribution, via a simulation study for sample sizes n = 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 and 20. Furthermore, we compare the power of the tests with that proposed by G$\ddot{u}$uven and Kotz (2008) based on the asymptotic distribution of the test statistics.

Bayes tests of independence for contingency tables from small areas

  • Jo, Aejung;Kim, Dal Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.207-215
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    • 2017
  • In this paper we study pooling effects in Bayesian testing procedures of independence for contingency tables from small areas. In small area estimation setup, we typically use a hierarchical Bayesian model for borrowing strength across small areas. This techniques of borrowing strength in small area estimation is used to construct a Bayes test of independence for contingency tables from small areas. In specific, we consider the methods of direct or indirect pooling in multinomial models through Dirichlet priors. We use the Bayes factor (or equivalently the ratio of the marginal likelihoods) to construct the Bayes test, and the marginal density is obtained by integrating the joint density function over all parameters. The Bayes test is computed by performing a Monte Carlo integration based on the method proposed by Nandram and Kim (2002).

Bayesian Hypothesis Testing for Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

  • Lee, Seung-A;Kim, Dal-Ho
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.551-566
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we consider a Bayesian model selection for the intraclass correlation coefficient in familiar data. In particular, we compare two nested models such as the independence and intraclass models using the reference prior. A criterion for testing is the Bayesian Reference Criterion by Bernardo (1999) and the Intrinsic Bayes Factor by Berger and Pericchi (1996). We provide numerical examples using simulation data sets for illustration.

Chi-Squared Test of Independence in Case that Two Marginal Distributions are Given Exactly (모집단 부분정보가 주어진 상황에서의 분할표 독립성 검정)

  • 이광진
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.89-103
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    • 2004
  • If the given information is exact, though it is the little, we had better use it than not use in analysis. In this article, the problem of independence test in a contingency table is considered when two marginal distributions of a population are given exactly. For that case, a likelihood-ratio chi-squared test statistic and its Pearsonian type chi-squared test statistic are derived. By Monte Carlo Simulations the traditional chi-square tests and the derived tests are compared. And the related some testing problems are synthetically explained on a geometrical viewpoint.

A Study on Mante1-Haenszel Test of Conditional Independence ($2\times2$ 분할표를 이용한 조건부 독립성 검정)

  • 김지현;임현선
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.257-268
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    • 1998
  • Many epidemiological studies investigate whether an association exists between a binary risk factor X and a binary response variable Y. They analyse whether an observed association between X and Y persists when the level of another factor Z that might influence the association is controlled. This involves testing conditional independence of X and Y controlling for Z. The Mantel-Haenszel test is most widely used to test conditional independence for sparse tables. But if the association between X and Y varies along the levels of Z, Mantel-Haenszel test has a low power problem. In this study, we propose an alternative test procedure which overcomes the low power problem in that case. We find out the null distribution of the alternative test statistic and compare its performance with the Mantel-Haenszel test by simulation.

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