{"title":"A Review of Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the Rayleigh Distribution","authors":"S. Liebenberg, J. Allison","doi":"10.17713/ajs.v52i1.1322","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Rayleigh distribution has recently become popular as a model for a range of phenomena. As a result, a number of goodness-of-fit tests have been developed for this distribution. In this paper, we provide the first overview of goodness-of-fit tests for the Rayleigh distribution and compare these tests in a Monte-Carlo study to identify the tests that provide the highest powers against a wide range of alternatives. Our findings suggest that two recently developed tests as well as a test based on the Laplace transform and a test based on the Hellinger distance are the better performing tests.","PeriodicalId":51761,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Journal of Statistics","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Austrian Journal of Statistics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v52i1.1322","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"STATISTICS & PROBABILITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Rayleigh distribution has recently become popular as a model for a range of phenomena. As a result, a number of goodness-of-fit tests have been developed for this distribution. In this paper, we provide the first overview of goodness-of-fit tests for the Rayleigh distribution and compare these tests in a Monte-Carlo study to identify the tests that provide the highest powers against a wide range of alternatives. Our findings suggest that two recently developed tests as well as a test based on the Laplace transform and a test based on the Hellinger distance are the better performing tests.
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The Austrian Journal of Statistics is an open-access journal (without any fees) with a long history and is published approximately quarterly by the Austrian Statistical Society. Its general objective is to promote and extend the use of statistical methods in all kind of theoretical and applied disciplines. The Austrian Journal of Statistics is indexed in many data bases, such as Scopus (by Elsevier), Web of Science - ESCI by Clarivate Analytics (formely Thompson & Reuters), DOAJ, Scimago, and many more. The current estimated impact factor (via Publish or Perish) is 0.775, see HERE, or even more indices HERE. Austrian Journal of Statistics ISNN number is 1026597X Original papers and review articles in English will be published in the Austrian Journal of Statistics if judged consistently with these general aims. All papers will be refereed. Special topics sections will appear from time to time. Each section will have as a theme a specialized area of statistical application, theory, or methodology. Technical notes or problems for considerations under Shorter Communications are also invited. A special section is reserved for book reviews.