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The choice of a statistic for testing hypotheses regarding seasonality
Author(s) -
Reijneveld Sijmen A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330830206
Subject(s) - seasonality , goodness of fit , statistics , statistic , test statistic , test (biology) , statistical hypothesis testing , econometrics , mathematics , demography , biology , sociology , ecology
Abstract This paper discusses statistical methods for testing hypotheses of seasonality in births across one year, using monthly frequencies. It argues that the Freedman test, a variant of the Kolmogorov‐Smirnov one‐sample test, and the Edwards test and its modifications are most appropriate for this purpose. These tests take into account the order of the monthly frequencies and have a higher power than the oridinary chi‐square goodness‐of‐fit test, regarding seasonality. The paper addresses some points mentioned in earlier papers by McCullough, and O'Brien and Holbert.