A comparative study of tests for the difference of two Poisson means

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3085-3099

  Ng, H K T ^a   Gu, K ^a   Tang, M L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymptotic tests; Constrained maximum likelihood estimation; Level of significance; Likelihood ratio test; Monte Carlo simulation; Power

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

ASYMPTOTIC TESTS; BREAST CANCER; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; POWER;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 33846626507     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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