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International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas and the Eighth International Conference of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics
December 19-21, 2001
School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Organizers
Satya N. Mishra (University of South Alabama), Chandra M. Gulati (University of Wollongong)

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Chisquared Components as Tests of Fit for Discrete Distributions
by
D. J. Best
University of Wollongong
Coauthors: J.C.W.Rayner(University of Wollongong)

The conventional Pearson chi-squared test of fit for discrete distributions may be improved by partitioning the test statistic into useful components. Examples will be given to demonstrate the improvement possible.A small simulation study will look at the small sample distribution of components for testing for the Poisson distribution. The talk will update material in the book by Rayner and Best(1989).

Date received: August 21, 2001

Copyright © 2001 by the author(s). The author(s) of this document and the organizers of the conference have granted their consent to include this abstract in Atlas Conferences Inc. Document # cagd-49.