Estimation, Evaluation, and Selection of Actuarial Models
Estimation, Evaluation, and Selection of Actuarial Models
Estimation, Evaluation, and Selection of Actuarial Models
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4.5. HYPOTHESIS TESTS 77<br />
The total is 0.7602 <strong>and</strong> the test statistic is −20(0.7516) + 20(0.7602) = 0.1713. Because the test<br />
statistic does not exceed the critical value <strong>of</strong> 2.492, the exponential model is viewed as plausible.<br />
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Exercise 81 Perform the Anderson-Darling test <strong>of</strong> the Weibull distribution for the continuing<br />
example.<br />
4.5.3 Chi-square goodness-<strong>of</strong>-fit test<br />
Unlike the previous two tests, this test allows for some discretion. It begins with the selection <strong>of</strong><br />
k − 1 arbitrary values, t = c 0