Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications

346 Pages·2006·4.45 MB·English

by  Krishnamoorthy

Handbook of Statistical
Distributions with
Applications
K. Krishnamoorthy
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
U.S.A.
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Krishnamoorthy, K. (Kalimuthu)
Handbook of statistical distributions with applications / K. Krishnamoorthy.
p. cm. -- (Statistics, a series of textbooks & monographs ; 188)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION TO STATCALC
0.1 Introduction.......................................................1
0.2 Contents of StatCalc...............................................4
1 PRELIMINARIES
1.1 Random Variables and Expectations...............................9
1.2 Moments and Other Functions....................................12
1.2.1 Measures of Central Tendency.............................12
1.2.2 Moments..................................................12
1.2.3 Measures of Variability....................................13
1.2.4 Measures of Relative Standing.............................14
1.2.5 Other Measures ........................................... 14
1.2.6 Some Other Functions.....................................15
1.3 Some Functions Relevant to Reliability ........................... 15
1.4 Model Fitting .................................................... 16
1.4.1 Q–Q Plot..................................................17
1.4.2 The Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test......................17
1.5 Methods of Estimation ........................................... 18
1.5.1 Moment Estimation.......................................18
1.5.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimation .......................... 19
1.6 Inference.........................................................19
1.6.1 Hypothesis Testing........................................19
1.6.2 Interval Estimation........................................23
1.7 Random Number Generation ..................................... 24
1.8 Some Special Functions...........................................25
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2 DISCRETE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION
2.1 Description.......................................................29
2.2 Moments ........................................................ 30
3 BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
3.1 Description.......................................................31
3.2 Moments.........................................................32
3.3 Computing Table Values..........................................34
3.4 Test for the Proportion...........................................36
3.4.1 An Exact Test.............................................36
3.4.2 Power of the Exact Test...................................36
3.5 Confidence Intervals for the Proportion...........................38
3.5.1 An Exact Confidence Interval..............................38
3.5.2 Computing Exact Limits and Sample Size Calculation.....39
3.6 A Test for the Difference between Two Proportions...............40
3.6.1 An Unconditional Test.....................................40
3.6.2 Power of the Unconditional Test...........................41
3.7 Fisher’s Exact Test...............................................42
3.7.1 Calculation of p-Values....................................43
3.7.2 Exact Powers..............................................44
3.8 Properties and Results............................................45
3.8.1 Properties.................................................45
3.8.2 Relation to Other Distributions............................45
3.8.3 Approximations...........................................46
3.9 Random Number Generation ..................................... 46
3.10 Computation of Probabilities.....................................48
4 HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION
4.1 Description.......................................................51
4.2 Moments.........................................................52
4.3 Computing Table Values..........................................54
4.4 Point Estimation.................................................56
4.5 Test for the Proportion...........................................57
4.5.1 An Exact Test.............................................57
4.5.2 Power of the Exact Test...................................58
4.6 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size Calculation.................59
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4.6.1 Confidence Intervals.......................................59
4.6.2 Sample Size for Precision..................................60
4.7 A Test for the Difference between Two Proportions...............62
4.7.1 The Test..................................................62
4.7.2 Power Calculation.........................................63
4.8 Properties and Results............................................64
4.8.1 Recurrence Relations......................................64
4.8.2 Relation to Other Distributions............................64
4.8.3 Approximations...........................................64
4.9 Random Number Generation ..................................... 65
4.10 Computation of Probabilities.....................................66
5 POISSON DISTRIBUTION
5.1 Description.......................................................71
5.2 Moments.........................................................72
5.3 Computing Table Values..........................................74
5.4 Point Estimation.................................................75
5.5 Test for the Mean ................................................ 75
5.5.1 An Exact Test.............................................75
5.5.2 Powers of the Exact Test..................................76
5.6 Confidence Intervals for the Mean ................................ 77
5.6.1 An Exact Confidence Interval..............................77
5.6.2 Sample Size Calculation for Precision......................78
5.7 Test for the Ratio of Two Means..................................78
5.7.1 A Conditional Test........................................78
5.7.2 Powers of the Conditional Test ............................ 80
5.8 Confidence Intervals for the Ratio of Two Means..................81
5.9 A Test for the Difference between Two Means.....................81
5.9.1 An Unconditional Test.....................................82
5.9.2 Powers of the Unconditional Test..........................83
5.10 Model Fitting with Examples.....................................84
5.11 Properties and Results............................................86
5.11.1 Properties................................................86
5.11.2 Relation to Other Distributions...........................86
5.11.3 Approximations..........................................87
5.12 Random Number Generation ..................................... 87
5.13 Computation of Probabilities.....................................88
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6 GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION
6.1 Description.......................................................93
6.2 Moments.........................................................94
6.3 Computing Table Values..........................................94
6.4 Properties and Results............................................95
6.5 Random Number Generation ..................................... 96
7 NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
7.1 Description.......................................................97
7.2 Moments.........................................................98
7.3 Computing Table Values.........................................100
7.4 Point Estimation................................................101
7.5 A Test for the Proportion ....................................... 101
7.6 Confidence Intervals for the Proportion..........................103
7.7 Properties and Results...........................................103
7.7.1 Properties................................................103
7.7.2 Relation to Other Distributions...........................104
7.8 Random Number Generation....................................104
7.9 A Computational Method for Probabilities.......................106
8 LOGARITHMIC SERIES DISTRIBUTION
8.1 Description......................................................107
8.2 Moments........................................................109
8.3 Computing Table Values.........................................109
8.4 Inferences.......................................................112
8.4.1 Point Estimation.........................................112
8.4.2 Interval Estimation.......................................112
8.5 Properties and Results...........................................113
8.6 Random Number Generation....................................113
8.7 A Computational Algorithm for Probabilities....................114
9 UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION
9.1 Description......................................................115
9.2 Moments........................................................116
9.3 Inferences.......................................................116
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9.4 Properties and Results...........................................117
9.5 Random Number Generation....................................117
10 NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
10.1 Description.....................................................119
10.2 Moments.......................................................123
10.3 Computing Table Values ....................................... 123
10.4 One-Sample Inference..........................................127
10.4.1 Point Estimation.......................................127
10.4.2 Test for the Mean and Power Computation.............128
10.4.3 Interval Estimation for the Mean.......................130
10.4.4 Test and Interval Estimation for the Variance...........132
10.5 Two-Sample Inference..........................................134
10.5.1 Inference for the Ratio of Variances.....................135
10.5.2 Inference for the Difference between Two Means
when the Variances Are Equal..........................136
10.5.3 Inference for the Difference between Two Means ....... 140
10.6 Tolerance Intervals.............................................142
10.6.1 Two-Sided Tolerance Intervals..........................142
10.6.2 One-Sided Tolerance Limits.............................143
10.6.3 Equal-Tail Tolerance Intervals..........................145
10.6.4 Simultaneous Hypothesis Testing for Quantiles..........146
10.6.5 Tolerance Limits for One-Way Random Effects Model...147
10.7 Properties and Results.........................................149
10.8 Relation to Other Distributions.................................150
10.9 Random Number Generation...................................151
10.10 Computing the Distribution Function...........................152
11 CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION
11.1 Description.....................................................155
11.2 Moments.......................................................156
11.3 Computing Table Values ....................................... 157
11.4 Applications....................................................157
11.5 Properties and Results.........................................158
11.5.1 Properties..............................................158
11.5.2 Relation to Other Distributions.........................159
11.5.3 Approximations........................................160
11.6 Random Number Generation...................................161
11.7 Computing the Distribution Function...........................161
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12 F DISTRIBUTION
12.1 Description.....................................................163
12.2 Moments.......................................................165
12.3 Computing Table Values ....................................... 165
12.4 Properties and Results.........................................166
12.4.1 Identities...............................................166
12.4.2 Relation to Other Distributions.........................166
12.4.3 Series Expansions.......................................167
12.4.4 Approximations........................................168
12.5 Random Number Generation...................................168
12.6 A Computational Method for Probabilities ..................... 169
13 STUDENT’S t DISTRIBUTION
13.1 Description.....................................................171
13.2 Moments.......................................................172
13.3 Computing Table Values ....................................... 173
13.4 Distribution of the Maximum of Several |t| Variables ........... 173
13.4.1 An Application.........................................174
13.4.2 Computing Table Values................................175
13.4.3 An Example............................................175
13.5 Properties and Results.........................................176
13.5.1 Properties..............................................176
13.5.2 Relation to Other Distributions.........................176
13.5.3 Series Expansions for Cumulative Probability...........177
13.5.4 An Approximation ..................................... 178
13.6 Random Number Generation...................................178
13.7 A Computational Method for Probabilities ..................... 178
14 EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION
14.1 Description.....................................................179
14.2 Moments.......................................................180
14.3 Computing Table Values ....................................... 180
14.4 Inferences......................................................181
14.5 Properties and Results.........................................182
14.5.1 Properties..............................................182
14.5.2 Relation to Other Distributions.........................182
14.6 Random Number Generation...................................183
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