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8.2 Inference Based on Order <strong>Statistics</strong> 559<br />

realization from one distribution is typically smaller (or larger) than a realization<br />

from the other distribution. A U-statistic involving two populations<br />

is The two-sample Wilcoxon statistic U (which happens to be a U-statistic)<br />

discussed in Example 5.22 could be used as a test statistic for this common<br />

problem in nonparametric inference. This U-statistic is an unbiased estimator<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pr(X11 ≤ X21). If the distributions have similar shapes and differ primarily<br />

by a shift in location, U can be used as a test statistic for an hypothesis involving<br />

the medians <strong>of</strong> the two distributions instead <strong>of</strong> a two-sample t test for<br />

an hypothesis involving the means (and under the further assumptions that<br />

the distributions are normal with equal variances).<br />

8.2 Inference Based on Order <strong>Statistics</strong><br />

8.2.1 Central Order <strong>Statistics</strong><br />

Asymptotic Properties<br />

From equation (1.286) we have<br />

√ n(Fn(x) − F(x)) d → N(0, F(x)(1 − F(x))).<br />

Now, for a continuous CDF F with PDF f, consider a function g(t) defined<br />

for 0 < t < 1 by<br />

g(t) = F −1 (t).<br />

Then<br />

g ′ (t) =<br />

and so, using the delta method, we have<br />

√ n(F −1 (Fn(x)) − x) d → N<br />

1<br />

f(F −1 (t)) ,<br />

<br />

0,<br />

F −1 (Fn(x)) lies between the sample quantiles ***<br />

X(⌈nFn(x)⌉) fix notation ****<br />

X(⌈nFn(x)⌉) − F −1 (Fn(x)) a.s.<br />

→ 0<br />

√<br />

n(X(⌈nFn(x)⌉) − x) d <br />

→ N 0,<br />

F(x)(1 − F(x))<br />

(f(x)) 2<br />

<br />

. (8.1)<br />

F(x)(1 − F(x))<br />

(f(x)) 2<br />

<br />

.<br />

location family F(x; θ) = F(x − θ; 0) F(0; 0) = 1/2 density f(x; θ) suppose<br />

f(0; 0) > 0<br />

Xn sample median<br />

√<br />

n( Xn<br />

− θ) d <br />

1<br />

→ N 0,<br />

4(f(0)) 2<br />

<br />

(8.2)<br />

ARE median vs mean normal 0.637 t3 1.62<br />

<strong>Theory</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> c○2000–2013 James E. Gentle

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