Reducing sample size in negative binomial UMPU test

Uttam Bandyopadhyay, Shirsendu Mukherjee and Dhiman Dutta

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2015, vol. 103, issue C, 57-61

Abstract: We develop a test for proportion that modifies the negative binomial UMPU test and leads to gain in sample size without loss in power. We apply the proposed idea to provide a test for association in matched pair study.

Keywords: Average sample number; Negative binomial sampling; Stopping variable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2015.03.015

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