On approximating the distributions of goodness-of-fit test statistics based on the empirical distribution function: The case of unknown parameters

dc.creatorCapasso, Marco
dc.creatorAlessi, Lucia
dc.creatorBarigozzi, Matteo
dc.creatorFagiolo, Giorgio
dc.date2008-03-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:29:21Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:29:21Z
dc.descriptionThis paper discusses some problems possibly arising when approximating via Monte-Carlo simulations the distributions of goodness-of-fit test statistics based on the empirical distribution function. We argue that failing to re-estimate unknown parameters on each simulated Monte-Carlo sample -- and thus avoiding to employ this information to build the test statistic -- may lead to wrong, overly-conservative testing. Furthermore, we present a simple example suggesting that the impact of this possible mistake may turn out to be dramatic and does not vanish as the sample size increases.
dc.description11 pages, 1 table, 3 figures (4 boxes)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4322
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4322
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157756
dc.subjectData Analysis, Statistics and Probability
dc.titleOn approximating the distributions of goodness-of-fit test statistics based on the empirical distribution function: The case of unknown parameters
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