The Pearson Score Statistic for Multinomial-Poisson Models

Joseph B. Lang

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2014, vol. 43, issue 21, 4471-4491

Abstract: The score statistic S2 is commonly used for general likelihood-based inference. Pearson’s Chi-squared statistic X2 = ∑(O − E)2/E is ubiquitous in contingency table inference. Because tests and confidence intervals based on S2 have been shown to work well in practice and theory and because X2 has such a simple and intuitively appealing form, it is of interest to know when S2 is identical to X2 and when X2 has an approximate Chi-squared distribution. Toward these ends, this paper gives a simple proof that S2 = X2 for the broad class of multinomial-Poisson distributions when the alternative hypothesis is unrestricted in a certain sense. This paper also gives a sufficient condition under which the null distribution of the Pearson score statistic is approximately Chi-squared. Several examples illustrate the utility of the results and counter-examples highlight the importance of the sufficient conditions of the results.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2012.714036

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