{"title":"A family of skew distributions with mode-invariance through transformation of scale","authors":"Hironori Fujisawa , Toshihiro Abe","doi":"10.1016/j.stamet.2015.02.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recently, a new family of skew distributions was proposed using a specific class of transformation of scale, in which the normalizing constant remains unchanged and unimodality is readily assured. In this paper, we introduce the mode invariance in this family, which allows us to easily study certain properties, including monotonicity of skewness, and incorporate various favorable properties. The entropy maximization<span> for a skew distribution is discussed. A numerical study is also conducted.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48877,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Methodology","volume":"25 ","pages":"Pages 89-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.stamet.2015.02.003","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Statistical Methodology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572312715000155","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q","JCRName":"Mathematics","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recently, a new family of skew distributions was proposed using a specific class of transformation of scale, in which the normalizing constant remains unchanged and unimodality is readily assured. In this paper, we introduce the mode invariance in this family, which allows us to easily study certain properties, including monotonicity of skewness, and incorporate various favorable properties. The entropy maximization for a skew distribution is discussed. A numerical study is also conducted.
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Statistical Methodology aims to publish articles of high quality reflecting the varied facets of contemporary statistical theory as well as of significant applications. In addition to helping to stimulate research, the journal intends to bring about interactions among statisticians and scientists in other disciplines broadly interested in statistical methodology. The journal focuses on traditional areas such as statistical inference, multivariate analysis, design of experiments, sampling theory, regression analysis, re-sampling methods, time series, nonparametric statistics, etc., and also gives special emphasis to established as well as emerging applied areas.