When two survival functions belong to a location–scale family of distributions, and the available two-sample data are each right censored, the location and scale parameters can be estimated using a minimum distance criterion combined with Kaplan–Meier quantiles. In this paper, it is shown...

This paper proposes a new unified theory of sociobehavioral forces. The goal of the new theory is to integrate theories describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justice and self-esteem), status, power, identity, and happiness - bringing under a single theoretical...

Inference about population parameters could be improved using non- sample prior information (NSPI) from reliable sources along with the available data. This paper studies the problem of testing the intercept parameter of a simple regression model when NSPI is available on the value of the slope....

The asymptotic local power of various panel unit root tests are investigated. The (Gaussian) power envelope is obtained under homogeneous and heterogeneous alternatives. The envelope is compared with the asymptotic power functions for the pooled t- test, the Ploberger-Phillips (2002) test, and a...