IJPAM: Volume 46, No. 4 (2008)

SOME $U$-STATISTICS IN GOODNESS-OF-FIT
TESTS DERIVED FROM CHARACTERIZATIONS
VIA RECORD VALUES

Kerwin Morris$^1$, Dominik Szynal$^2$
$^1$Statistics Department
School of Mathematics
University of Adelaide
North Tce, 5005, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
e-mail: kerwin.morris@adelaide.edu.au
$^2$Institute of Mathematics
Maria Curie-Sk\lodowska University
Pl. M. Curie-Sk\lodowskiej, 1, Lublin, 20-031, POLAND
e-mail: szynal@golem.umcs.lublin.pl


Abstract.Using characterizations of continuous distributions via expected values of two functions of record values and $U$-statistics we construct tests of fit for continuous distributions.

Received: July 23, 2008

AMS Subject Classification: 62G10, 62G30

Key Words and Phrases: order statistics, record values, $U$-statistics, exponential, Reyheigh and normal distributions, moments, characterizations, goodness-of-fit tests, powers

Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2008
Volume: 46
Issue: 4