A PROJECTION NT-TYPE TEST OF ELLIPTICAL SYMMETRY BASED ON THE SKEWNESS AND KURTOSIS MEASURES

1.IntroductionTheunivariateandmultivariatenormaldistributionshaveplayedacentralroleinstatistics.However,therearemanynaturalphenomenathatdonotfollowthenormallaw.Thereisaneedtostatisticalmodellingbytheuseofmultivariatenon-normaldistributions.Amongthemthesphericallysymmetricandellipticallysymmetricdistributions(sphericalandellipticaldistributionsforsimplicity)haveattractedmuchattentionduringthelasttwodecadesbecausetheellipticaldistributionspossessmanynicepropertieswhicharesimilartothoseofthemulti…     

On using influence functions for testing multivariate normality

Changes in the joint distribution of influence functions for the mean vector and the covariance matrix are examined when the true probability distribution is contaminated. In particular, the formulas for influence functions of the first and second moments with respect to the above joint distribution are obtained and used to derive reasonable test statistics for multivariate normality. The formulas are extended by using the joint distribution of score functions for population parameters. An application of the extended formulas to the usual linear regression analysis leads to a measure of multivariate skewness which can be used to reduce the effect of non-normality of the response variable. Also, some relationship between the extended formulas and goodness-of-fit statistics is discussed and used to derive test statistics for multivariate normality.     

Beta Approximation to the Distribution of Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic

The distribution of Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic can be globally approximated by a general beta distribution. The approximation is very simple and accurate. It can be easily implemented in any statistical software. Therefore, we can use a beta distribution to find the practical p-value of a goodness-of-fit test, which is much simpler than existing methods in the literature.     

Descriptive statistics for multivariate distributions

The purpose of this paper is to study the concepts location, scatter, skewness and kurtosis of multivariate distributions. Measures of these properties are introduced which include some new generalizations of well-known univariate statistics. Previous work is briefly reviewed.     

Geometric representation of the mean–variance–skewness portfolio frontier based upon the shortage function

The literature suggests that investors prefer portfolios based on mean, variance and skewness rather than portfolios based on mean–variance (MV) criteria solely. Furthermore, a small variety of methods have been proposed to determine mean–variance–skewness (MVS) optimal portfolios. Recently, the shortage function has been introduced as a measure of efficiency, allowing to characterize MVS optimal portfolios using non-parametric mathematical programming tools. While tracing the MV portfolio frontier has become trivial, the geometric representation of the MVS frontier is an open challenge. A hitherto unnoticed advantage of the shortage function is that it allows to geometrically represent the MVS portfolio frontier. The purpose of this contribution is to systematically develop geometric representations of the MVS portfolio frontier using the shortage function and related approaches.     

比类型估计量在数量特征随机化回答技术中的应用

本文在数量特征随机化回答技术中当变异系数、偏度系数、峰度系数已知时,对总体均值提出了一系列比类型估计量,并且在一定条件下,证明了这些估计量优于Gupta et al.提出的估计量。     

Skew‐normal linear calibration: a Bayesian perspective

In this paper, we present a Bayesian approach for estimation in the skew‐normal calibration model, as well as the conditional posterior distributions which are useful for implementing the Gibbs sampler. Data transformation is thus avoided by using the methodology proposed. Model fitting is implemented by proposing the asymmetric deviance information criterion, ADIC, a modification of the ordinary DIC. We also report an application of the model studied by using a real data set, related to the relationship between the resistance and the elasticity of a sample of concrete beams. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二阶随机占优约束下考虑偏度的投资组合模型

在DentchevaRuszczynski(2006)模型的基础上,考虑偏度对构建投资组合的影响,建立了二阶随机占优约束下最大化组合收益率偏度的投资组合优化模型,并应用分段线性近似方法将模型转化为一个非线性混合整数规划问题.利用中国股票市场的历史数据对所建模型进行了实证分析,结果表明,所建新模型比均值-方差-偏度模型和市场指数具有更稳健的表现.     

均值-方差-近似偏度投资组合模型和实证分析

均值-方差投资组合模型作为现代投资组合理论的基础, 采用方差作为风险度量,但忽略了投资组合收益的非对称性. 而考虑收益非对称性的基于偏度的投资组合模型由于非凸和非二次性 使模型难以求解. 本文提出用上下半方差的比值近似刻画偏度, 建立了均值-方差-近似偏度(MVAS）模型,并利用该模型对中国证券市场主要股票指数进行实证分析. 实证分析结果表明, 在收益率非正态分布的市场中,考虑了收益率非对称性的投资组合模型较传统的MV和MAD模型具有更优的表现.