Changepoint Analysis as a Method for Isotonic Inference

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Let data be from a one-way layout \(y_{ij}=\mu_{i}+\epsilon_{ij},\;i=1,\ldots,K,\;j=1,\ldots, n_{i}\), where \(\epsilon_{ij}\) are independently distributed as \(N(0,\sigma^2)\). The authors introduce the concavity hypothesis \[ (\mu_2-\mu_1)(x_2-x_1)^{-1}\geq (\mu_3-\mu_2)(x_3-x_2)^{-1}\geq\dots\geq (\mu_{K}-\mu_{K-1})(x_{K}-x_{K-1})^{-1} \] with at last one strict inequality for \(x_1\leq\ldots\leq x_{K}\) and derive a slope change model as its corner model. Then the likelihood ratio test statistic for the slope change model is developed as an extension of the maximal contrast type test (max \(t\)). Similarly, the sigmoidicity hypothesis \[ (x_3-x_1)^{-1}\left((\mu_3-\mu_2)(x_3-x_2)^{-1}- (\mu_2-\mu_1)(x_2-x_1)^{-1}\right)\geq \] \[ \geq (x_{K}-x_{K-2})^{-1} \left((\mu_{K}-\mu_{K-1})(x_{K}-x_{K-1})^{-1}- (\mu_{K-1}-\mu_{K-2})(x_{K-1}-x_{K-2})^{-1}\right) \] and the corresponding inflection point model are considered, as well as the extended max \(t\) test derived as a likelihood ratio test for the latter model. The distribution theory of the extended max \(t\) test and recurrence formulas for the level probability and also for the power calculation are presented. Some considerations on the power of the test and an application to binomial data are given.











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