Profile Statistics for Sparse Contingency Tables under Poisson Sampling

Authors

  • Marijus Radavičius Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithunia
  • Pavel Samusenko Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithunia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v40i1&2.203

Abstract

Simple conditions for the inconsistency of classical likelihood ratio (LR) test in case of very sparse categorical data are given. The LR type test based on profile statistics is proposed as an alternative. The performance of both tests for a sparse contingency table is compared by simulations.

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Published

2016-02-24

How to Cite

Radavičius, M., & Samusenko, P. (2016). Profile Statistics for Sparse Contingency Tables under Poisson Sampling. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 40(1&2), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v40i1&2.203

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