Goodness of fit tests for past lifetimes

  • Ilia Vonta

Abstract

In this paper we deal with hypothesis testing for composite null hypotheses for random samples of survival or failure times that come from a conditional distribution function, that is, conditional on the fact that the subjects have survived up to a known time t. The test statistic is based on $\phi$-measures of divergence where $\phi$ a function that belongs to Csiszar's class of functions [1]. We compare the different test statistics for different functions $\phi$ in terms of size and power based on simulated data.
Published
2012-11-25