{"title":"An empirical power comparison of directional goodness-of-fit tests for 2-PL IRT model under different intercept patterns.","authors":"Jinhui Xu, Jingwen Chen, Mark Reiser","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2590005","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2590005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the impact of intercept patterns, including symmetric, asymmetric, zeros on the performance of Lagrange Multiplier (LM) tests in two-parameter item-response theory (2-PL IRT) models, comparing it with three other directional goodness-of-fit tests on empirical Type I error rates and power. A series of simulation results show that intercept patterns significantly affect test performance, with zero intercepts yielding the highest power; LM has the best performance that excels in controlling Type I error rates and has higher empirical power. The application to fraction subtraction data confirms LM's efficacy in detecting local dependence under sparsity. The findings offer methodological insights for goodness-of-fit testing under model misspecification.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2203-2250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537071/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating discrimination accuracy of prognostic models with competing risk outcomes.","authors":"Yang Qu, Yu Cheng","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2589994","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2589994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluate the discrimination accuracy of prognostic models for competing risk outcomes when multiple events are modeled simultaneously. Existing methods are mainly cause-specific assessments that focus on one event of interest and ignore model information for other events, therefore cannot fully characterize model's ability to distinguish different groups. In this work, our goal is to first introduce several new measures for overall and cause-specific evaluation that account for multiple events simultaneously, to better capture models' discrimination ability from different aspect based on varying rules of classification and concordance, and then to systematically investigate their functionalities under various scenarios via simulation studies and real data analyses. Estimators of proposed metrics are provided, along with asymptotic properties of one estimator demonstrated as an example. Our results highlight that one of the proposed cause-specific evaluation indices is an attractive alternative for distinguishing models from different families. Furthermore, all measures demonstrate sensitivity to the exclusion of important variables in prognostic models, highlighting their utility in evaluating model performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2183-2202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537067/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternative tests for one-way ANCOVA under heteroscedasticity.","authors":"Anjana Mondal, Somesh Kumar","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2581066","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2581066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Testing for treatment effects without adjusting for the covariates may lead to erroneous conclusions. In many situations, ignoring variance heteroscedasticity can have serious consequences. In this article, new test procedures are proposed to test the homogeneity of treatment effects in a one-way ANCOVA model with heteroscedastic error variances. Most of the existing studies on this problem deal with non-parametric or semi-parametric situations. In a fully parametric setting, earlier one plug-in test statistic has been proposed using bootstrap approach. In this study, we develop the likelihood ratio test (LRT) and a test utilizing pair-wise differences between treatment effects. The parametric bootstrap is employed for determining the critical points. Extensive simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed tests perform better than the existing tests in some situations. The applicability of these approaches is illustrated using three datasets. Some 'R' functions are made available in 'GitHub' for easy computation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2029-2054"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun Wang, Yixiao Gong, Hongmei Lin, Riquan Zhang, Weihua Zhao
{"title":"Bayesian singular value decomposition procedure based on the horseshoe prior.","authors":"Jun Wang, Yixiao Gong, Hongmei Lin, Riquan Zhang, Weihua Zhao","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2589992","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2589992","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Matrix completion models based on singular value decomposition have been extensively studied and discussed. Thanks to the good performance of global-local shrinkage prior, we propose in this paper a new Bayesian singular value decomposition model, where global-local horseshoe prior to the singular values, which can not only share signal information through global shrinkage parameters and local shrinkage parameters adjusted at the level of single singular values, but also achieve sparse modeling of singular values and improve accuracy of matrix completion. With the aid of mixture distribution representation for the horseshoe prior, we obtain an efficient Gibbs posterior sampling algorithm to estimate the parameters. Simulation studies and real data applications demonstrate the promising performance of the newly proposed procedure compared with existing methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2162-2182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537063/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanhong Liu, Jiaqi Li, Zhonghua Li, Jiyang Wang, Mengxin Wang
{"title":"Testing the distribution change in multivariate data using rank energy statistics.","authors":"Yanhong Liu, Jiaqi Li, Zhonghua Li, Jiyang Wang, Mengxin Wang","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2578653","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2578653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper focuses on detecting and locating any distribution change in multivariate data when there is at most one change point. A nonparametric test is proposed utilizing a novel rank energy statistic, which is constructed based on multivariate ranks defined using the measure transportation theory. Theoretical results show that its asymptotic null distribution is independent of the underlying data-generating distribution, thus exhibiting an exact distribution-free property. This enables us to develop a computationally feasible algorithm for computing universal rejection thresholds across different sample sizes, particularly for long data sequences. We also establish a consistency theory for estimated change point location. Extensive simulation studies show that our proposed test performs robustly across various settings, especially for heavy-tailed distributions. A real data application for a financial data set is carried out to confirm its validity.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 10","pages":"1943-1961"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13421125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148630538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of shifted Weibull distribution parameters using continuous Hopfield neural networks: an application to investment risk modeling.","authors":"Hamza Abubakar, Amani A Idris Sayed","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2585946","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2585946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parameter estimation is a fundamental component of statistical modeling, shaping the reliability of inferences across disciplines such as finance, engineering, and risk management. Accurate and stable estimation is particularly critical when modeling tail risks and extreme events. The Shifted Weibull Distribution (SWD) provides flexibility in reliability and financial applications; however, traditional estimation methods often struggle to balance accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency. This study proposes a Continuous Hopfield Neural Network (CHNN)-based framework for estimating SWD parameters and compares its performance with the Newton-Raphson (NR-SWD) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN-SWD) estimators. The CHNN-SWD model is formulated through Lyapunov energy minimization to ensure stable convergence. Its performance was evaluated through simulations with varying sample sizes, using estimation accuracy, model adequacy, and computational efficiency as evaluation criteria. Empirical validation was conducted using Malaysian Shariah-compliant property investment returns (2008-2022), with risk assessment performed through Value-at-Risk (VaR), Tail Value-at-Risk (TVaR), and Kupiec backtesting. Results indicate that CHNN-SWD outperformed both NR-SWD and ANN-SWD in terms of robustness, accuracy, and stability, particularly in modeling extreme risk behavior. Overall, CHNN-SWD demonstrated superior performance across all validation criteria, establishing it as a reliable and computationally efficient estimator suitable for tail-dependent risk modeling applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2104-2136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Latent space network model for the popularity effect, with applications to Bitcoin networks.","authors":"Namgil Lee, Jaehyun Park, Yoonjin Lee, Suji Lee, Nakyung Shin, Hohyun Jung","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2583208","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2583208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose a dynamic latent space network model that incorporates the popularity effect, offering a unified framework to simultaneously account for the popularity and proximity effects in network dynamics. The model represents node attributes as latent positions, enabling the analysis of connectivity patterns influenced by both proximity and popularity while quantifying their relative contributions. A Bayesian inference algorithm is developed to estimate model parameters and latent positions, and its effectiveness is validated through simulation studies. The proposed model is applied to Bitcoin trust networks (OTC and Alpha), revealing key insights into their structural evolution and the distinct roles of popularity and proximity effects. Our findings demonstrate the versatility of the model in capturing temporal dynamics and supporting applications such as node recommendation and network visualization.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2084-2103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generating families of distributions using Yun and sigmoidal transformations with an application to exponential distribution.","authors":"Greeshma Chandran, M Manoharan","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2581077","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2581077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Modeling complex data in modern applications demands highly flexible probability distributions capable of capturing diverse patterns in behavior. This study presents a novel framework for generating flexible families of distributions by incorporating useful mathematical functions. The proposed method, termed the <i>QT</i>-transformation, is built by combining a quantile function <math><mi>Q</mi> <mo>(</mo> <mo>⋅</mo> <mo>)</mo></math> with a continuous function <math><mi>T</mi> <mo>(</mo> <mo>⋅</mo> <mo>)</mo></math> . Using this approach, we construct two distinct families of distributions based on the Yun and sigmoidal transformations and analyze two sub-models derived from the exponential distribution as the baseline. Structural properties such as skewness, kurtosis, reliability characteristics, and tail behavior are thoroughly examined. The proposed models are shown to belong to several important classes of distributions. Parameter estimation is carried out using both the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) and maximum product spacing (MPS) methods, and asymptotic confidence intervals are also constructed. The performance of the estimators is evaluated through extensive Monte Carlo simulations based on absolute bias, mean squared error, and confidence interval length. Finally, the practical utility of the proposed models is demonstrated through applications to two real-world datasets. Thus, the study introduces a unified and versatile distribution-generating mechanism that enhances lifetime analysis capabilities and offers broad applicability across statistical disciplines.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 11","pages":"2055-2083"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13537068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148880490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated distribution-free approach to monitor multiple process aspects with application in delivery time management.","authors":"Amitava Mukherjee, Hidetoshi Murakami","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2575041","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2575041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monitoring time between events, operational delays or responding to a customer call is essential for maintaining and enhancing service quality. Several aspects of the processes, including location such as median time, variability and shape, are pivotal. This paper introduces a new and innovative distribution-free cumulative sum (CUSUM) procedure based on a combination of three orthogonal rank statistics, following from the Legendre polynomials, for simultaneously monitoring location, scale, and skewness aspects in the context of Phase-II applications. Implementation design and post-signal follow-up procedure for identifying which parameter is more responsible for the signal are discussed. The in-control robustness of the proposed scheme is studied via simulation. The run-length properties of the proposed scheme are compared with various CUSUM schemes. The proposed scheme displays outstanding out-of-control performance in identifying a broad class of shifts involving one or more of the three parameters in an underlying process distribution. An illustration of the proposed scheme for monitoring the time it takes to deliver food items by an e-commerce facility is presented to explain manufacturing quality monitoring applications. We finally offer some concluding remarks.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 10","pages":"1860-1888"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13421122/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148630535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acceptance sampling-based investment indicators for financial security selection and portfolio optimization.","authors":"Naveen Kumar, Vivek Vijay","doi":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2578662","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02664763.2025.2578662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose simple and double acceptance sampling investment indicators designed to determine the acceptance or rejection of financial securities for investment based on a tolerable threshold assessed through historical data. These indicators alleviate the burden of including underperforming securities in a portfolio and determine the optimal sample size required for decisions at a given significance level. Both the investment indicators are defined to address the perspectives of buyers and sellers of securities. The proposed double acceptance sampling-based indicator extends the simple sampling-based indicator, offering equivalent information with a smaller sample. Furthermore, we develop a generalized mean-variance portfolio optimization model that includes the buyer's risk and entropy-based uncertainty in decision-making for selected securities. The applicability of these indicators and the model's generalizability are illustrated using DJIA 30 index stocks, showcasing reduced portfolio size while producing equivalent or higher portfolio returns as compared to the Markowitz model.</p>","PeriodicalId":15239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Statistics","volume":"53 10","pages":"1985-2011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13421126/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148630518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}