A New Goodness-of-Fit Test for Grouped Data

Abstract:

In data analysis of reliability, the traditional goodness-of-fit test is not applicable for grouped data under some circumstances. In this paper, a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test based on survival ratio method is proposed to determine the distribution type of grouped data. The power of the proposed test and other well-known goodness-of-fit tests are compared by Monte Carlo simulation, and the results show that the proposed test method is more powerful.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 569)
• Pages: 455-460
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.569.455
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Jin Qin, Jun Yang
• Keywords: Goodness-of-Fit, Grouped Data, K-S Test, Survival Ratio Method, Test Power

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