The Wilks’ Lambda Statistic (likelihood ratio test, LRT) is a commonly used tool for inference about the mean vectors of several multivariate normal populations. However, it is well known that the Wilks’ Lambda statistic which is based on the classical normal theory estimates of generalized dispersions, is extremely sensitive to the influence of outliers. A robust multivariate statistic for the...

The paper focuses on the asymptotic comparison of maximum likelihood estimators and uniformly minimum variance unbiased (with respect to quadratic loss) for one-parameter truncation families where a sufficient statistic is either or sample. Easily verifiable conditions are formulated under which those results valid.

BACKGROUND Determining prognosis for nursing home residents is important for care planning, but reliable prediction is difficult. We compared performance of four long-term mortality risk indices for nursing home residents-the Minimum Data Set Mortality Risk Index (MMRI), a recent revision to this index (MMRI-R), and the original and revised Flacker-Kiely models. METHODS We conducted a prospec...

We define a statistic on the graph of commutation classes permutation symmetric group which is used to show that these graphs are equipped with ranked poset structure, minimum and maximum. This characterization also allows us compute diameter for any permutation, from results longest fully commutative permutations recovered.

In this paper a robust version of the Wald test statistic for composite likelihood is 11 considered by using the composite minimum density power divergence estimator instead of the 12 composite maximum likelihood estimator. This new family of test statistics will be called Wald-type 13 test statistics. The problem of testing a simple and a composite null hypothesis is considered and 14 the robu...

the aim of this paper is detection of exist of significance climatic trend in west-half of iran. it’s used monthly data of 16 climatic variables on 12 selected synoptic stations in period of 50 years statistic(1951-2000). the variables divided to two temperature and humid groups. the analysis methodology of the study is based on multivariable statistical analysis and box- jenkins forecasting mo...