A note on the most powerful invariant test of Rayleigh against exponential distribution

A. Rasekhi and S. M. Sadooghi-Alvandi

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2020, vol. 49, issue 19, 4762-4770

Abstract: The problem of testing Rayleigh distribution against exponentiality, based on a random sample of observations is considered. This problem arises in survival analysis, when testing a linearly increasing hazard function against a constant hazard function. It is shown that for this problem the most powerful invariant test is equivalent to the “ratio of maximized likelihoods” (RML) test. However, since the two families are separate, the RML test statistic does not have the usual asymptotic chi-square distribution. Normal and saddlepoint approximations to the distribution of the RML test statistic are derived. Simulations show that saddlepoint approximation is more accurate than the normal approximation, especially for tail probabilities that are the main values of interest in hypothesis testing.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2019.1608245

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