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A new two-part test based on density ratio model for zero-inflated continuous distributions

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In this paper, we consider testing the hypothesis concerning the means of two independent semicontinuous distributions whose observations are zero-inflated, characterized by a sizable number of zeros and positive observations from a continuous distribution. The continuous parts of the two semicontinuous distributions are assumed to follow a density ratio model. A new two-part test is developed for this kind of data. The proposed test takes the sum of one test for equality of proportions of zero values and one conditional test for the continuous distribution. The test is proved to follow a χ2 distribution with two degrees of freedom. Simulation studies show that the proposed test controls the type I error rates at the desired level, and is competitive to, and most of the time more powerful than two popular tests. A real data example from a dietary intervention study is used to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed test.

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The authors thank Dr. Tonja Nansel for helpful discussions on the CHEF study.

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  1. School of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Ya-hui Lu, Meng-jie Jiang & Tao Jiang

  2. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of China Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA

    Ai-yi Liu

  3. Hangzhou Commercial College, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 311508, China

    Tao Jiang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11971433), the First Class Discipline of Zhejiang-A (Zhejiang Gongshang University-Statistics), the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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Lu, Yh., Liu, Ay., Jiang, Mj. et al. A new two-part test based on density ratio model for zero-inflated continuous distributions. Appl. Math. J. Chin. Univ. 35, 203–219 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11766-020-3957-x

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