Testing Whether New is Better than Used with Randomly Censored Data
Chen, Yuan Yan ; Hollander, Myles ; Langberg, Naftali A.
Ann. Statist., Tome 11 (1983) no. 1, p. 267-274 / Harvested from Project Euclid
A life distribution $F$, with survival function $\bar{F} \equiv 1 - F$, is new better than used (NBU) if $\bar{F}(x + y) \leq \bar{F}(x)\bar{F}(y)$ for all $x, y \geq 0$. We propose a test of $H_0 : F$ is exponential, versus $H_1 : F$ is NBU, but not exponential, based on a randomly censored sample of size $n$ from $F$. Our test statistic is $J^c_n = \int \int \bar{F}_n(x + y) dF_n(x) dF_n(y)$, where $F_n$ is the Kaplan-Meier estimator. Under mild regularity on the amount of censoring, the asymptotic normality of $J^c_n$, suitably normalized, is established. Then using a consistent estimator of the null standard deviation of $n^{1/2}J^c_n$, an asymptotically exact test is obtained. We also study, using tests for the censored and uncensored models, the efficiency loss due to the presence of censoring.
Publié le : 1983-03-14
Classification:  Classes of life distributions,  efficiency loss,  exponentiality,  62N05,  62G10
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     journal = {Ann. Statist.},
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     number = {1},
     year = {1983},
     pages = { 267-274},
     language = {en},
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Chen, Yuan Yan; Hollander, Myles; Langberg, Naftali A. Testing Whether New is Better than Used with Randomly Censored Data. Ann. Statist., Tome 11 (1983) no. 1, pp.  267-274. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176346077/