Evaluating the statistical power of goodness-of-fit tests for health and medicine survey data
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Steele, M., Smart, N., Hurst, C. and Chaseling, J.. (2009). Evaluating the statistical power of goodness-of-fit tests for health and medicine survey data. In R.S. Anderssen, R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham (Ed.). The 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. United States of America: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009. pp. 192 - 196
Authors | Steele, M., Smart, N., Hurst, C. and Chaseling, J. |
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Abstract | Goodness-of-fit test statistics are widely used in health and medicine related surveys however little regard is usually given to their statistical power. This paper investigates the simulated power of five categorical goodness-of-fit test statistics used to analyze health and medicine survey data collected on a 5-point Likert scale. The test statistics used in this power study are Pearson’s Chi-Square, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistic for discrete data, the Log-Likelihood Ratio, the Freeman-Tukey and the special case of the Power Divergence statistic defined by Cressie and Read (1984). Recommendations based on these simulations are provided on which of these goodness-of-fit test statistics is the most powerful overall and which is the most powerful for the predefined uniform null against the four general shaped alternative distributions (see Figure 1) investigated in this paper. |
Keywords | goodness-of-fiit; power; chi-square tesets; discrete |
Year | 2009 |
Journal | 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation |
Publisher | Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-80053039140 |
Web address (URL) | http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/A2/steele.pdf |
Open access | Open access |
Publisher's version | License |
Page range | 192 - 196 |
ISBN | 9780975840078 |
Research Group | School of Allied Health |
Additional information | © Copyright The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. and the International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2009. All rights reserved. |
Place of publication | United States of America |
Editors | R.S. Anderssen, R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qzqz/evaluating-the-statistical-power-of-goodness-of-fit-tests-for-health-and-medicine-survey-data
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