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1Department of Statistics, Biostatistics Division, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100212, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. ltian@biostat.ufl.edu
Abstract:
This paper considers the problems of confidence interval estimation and hypothesis testing for the mean of zero-inflated lognormal data. We present an unified novel approach based on the concepts of generalized test variables and generalized pivotal quantities. Simulation results demonstrate that the coverage accuracy of proposed confidence intervals and the type I error control of the proposed exact tests are satisfactory.
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