The logistic family of distributions belongs to the class of important families in the theory of probability and mathematical statistics. However, the goodness-of-fit tests for the composite hypothesis of belonging to the logistic family with unknown location parameter against the general alternatives have not been sufficiently explored. We propose two new goodness-of-fit tests: the integral and the Kolmogorov-type, based on the recent characterization of the logistic family by Hua and Lin. Here we discuss asymptotic properties of new tests and calculate their Bahadur efficiency for common alternatives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-177
JournalVestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2019

    Research areas

  • Kullback-Leibler information, asymptotic efficiency, characterization of distributions, large deviations, logistic distribution

    Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)

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