Testing for the zero-altered Poisson distribution with positive data

This article proposes three new goodness-of-fit tests for the zero-altered Poisson distribution, or equivalently for the positive Poisson distribution, based on positive data, that is, data truncated at 0, whose test statistic is built using a characterization of this law. It is shown that the propo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Jiménez-Gamero, M. Dolores, Puig, Pedro, Ngatchou-Wandji, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/489096
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/489096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Empirical probability generating function
goodness-of-fit tests
parametric bootstrap
positive Poisson
zero-truncated Poisson
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Sumario:This article proposes three new goodness-of-fit tests for the zero-altered Poisson distribution, or equivalently for the positive Poisson distribution, based on positive data, that is, data truncated at 0, whose test statistic is built using a characterization of this law. It is shown that the proposed tests are consistent against any fixed alternative and that the parametric bootstrap method can accurately approximate their null distributions. The power of these tests is investigated through a large simulation study, where it is also compared with some existing tests, showing a very competitive behavior. Several applications to real datasets illustrate the usefulness of the tests.