Statistical inference for discrete distributions under parameter orthogonality and model misspecification / Chua Kuan Chin

• Main Author: Chua, Kuan Chin
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/1/Abstract.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/2/Abstrak.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/3/Acknowledgement.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/4/Glossary_of_Abbreviations.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/5/List_of_tables.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/6/Table_of_contents.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/7/Thesis%2DChapters%2CReferences%2CAppendix.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/8/Title_Page.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6199/

The thesis examines statistical inference for discrete distributions under parameter orthogonality and model misspecification. Parameter orthogonality has many advantages in statistical inference (see, Cox and Reid, 1987); for example, convergence is fast in numerical maximum likelihood estimatio...