{"title":"An Order Statistics Technique for Monitoring and Quantifying Susceptibility to Toxicity","authors":"G. A. Dawodu","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v21i1.8012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v21i1.8012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46037110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ranjiva Munasinghe, Pathum Kossinna, D. Jayasinghe, D. Wijeratne
{"title":"ptsuite: Fast Tail Index Estimation for Power Law Distributions in R","authors":"Ranjiva Munasinghe, Pathum Kossinna, D. Jayasinghe, D. Wijeratne","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v23i1.8058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v23i1.8058","url":null,"abstract":"Power law distributions, in particular Pareto distributions, describe data across diverse areas of study. We have developed a package in R to estimate the tail index for such datasets focusing on speed (in particular with large datasets), keeping in mind ease of use, as well as accuracy. In this document, we provide a user guide to our package along with the results obtained highlighting the speed advantages of our package.","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46524546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bayesian Estimation of Bivariate Weighted Exponential Distribution","authors":"Dhanya Nair R., E. I. A. Sathar","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i3.7967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i3.7967","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44704769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recovering Fisher-Information from the MGF Alone without Requiring Explicit PMF or PDF from a One-Parameter Exponential Family","authors":"N. Mukhopadhyay","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v19i1.7984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v19i1.7984","url":null,"abstract":"It is well-known that a finite moment generating function (m.g.f.) corresponds to a unique probability distribution. So, an important question arises: Is it possible to obtain an expression of Fisher-information, IX(Ɵ); using the m.g.f. alone, that is without requiring explicitly a probability mass function (p.m.f.) or probability density function (p.d.f.), given that the p.m.f. or p.d.f came from a one-parameter exponential family? We revisit the core of statistical inference by developing a clear link (Theorem 1.1) between the m.g.f. and IX(Ɵ). Illustrations are included.","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45336897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olushina Olawale Awe Awe, O. Aromolaran, A. A. Adepoju
{"title":"Time-Varying Model for Non-Oil Export Volatility in Nigeria","authors":"Olushina Olawale Awe Awe, O. Aromolaran, A. A. Adepoju","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i2.7973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i2.7973","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43237557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joint Model for Study Programme Completion and Performance of Students in Distance Education in Sri Lanka","authors":"Hapugoda Jayani, R. Sooriyarachchi","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i2.8051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i2.8051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48424796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hierarchical Clustering to Determine the Toxicity Levels of Factory Workers","authors":"G. A. Dawodu","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.8004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.8004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45071836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Associated with Attendance of Early Childhood Education Programmes by Children Less Than 5 Years in Uganda","authors":"D. Candia","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.8007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.8007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43317795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed H. A. AbuJarad, Eman S. A. Abujarad, A. A. Khan
{"title":"Bayesian Analysis of Exponentiated Pareto Distribution","authors":"Mohammed H. A. AbuJarad, Eman S. A. Abujarad, A. A. Khan","doi":"10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.7996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v20i1.7996","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91408,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan journal of applied statistics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43192695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}