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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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8. Robustness of test level<br />

• Robustness. How do these tests perform if the<br />

assumptions underly<strong>in</strong>g their derivation are violated?<br />

e.g. <strong>in</strong> the t-test we might assume that<br />

<br />

1 ∼ ³ 2´. How does the test perform<br />

if<br />

(i) the distribution (of ( − ) ) isnon-normal:<br />

perhaps because of contam<strong>in</strong>ation it is<br />

=(1− ) Φ + for some (unknown) , reflect<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a proportion of erroneous sample values;<br />

(ii) the observations are not <strong>in</strong>dependent: perhaps<br />

the <strong>in</strong>dex is ‘time’, and previous observations affect<br />

the current one, as might happen if repeated<br />

measurements are made on the same <strong>in</strong>dividual.

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