VGAM (version 1.1-14)

double.cens.normal: Univariate Normal Distribution with Double Censoring

Description

Maximum likelihood estimation of the two parameters of a univariate normal distribution when there is double censoring.

Usage

double.cens.normal(r1 = 0, r2 = 0, lmu = "identitylink", lsd =
       "loglink", imu = NULL, isd = NULL, zero = "sd")

Value

An object of class "vglmff" (see

vglmff-class). The object is used by modelling functions such as vglm, and vgam.

Details

This family function uses the Fisher information matrix given in Harter and Moore (1966). The matrix is not diagonal if either r1 or r2 are positive.

By default, the mean is the first linear/additive predictor and the log of the standard deviation is the second linear/additive predictor.

References

Harter, H. L. and Moore, A. H. (1966). Iterative maximum-likelihood estimation of the parameters of normal populations from singly and doubly censored samples. Biometrika, 53, 205--213.

See Also

uninormal, cens.normal, tobit.

Examples

if (FALSE)  # Repeat the simulations of Harter & Moore (1966)
SIMS <- 100  # Number of simulations (change this to 1000)
mu.save <- sd.save <- rep(NA, len = SIMS)
r1 <- 0; r2 <- 4; nn <- 20
for (sim in 1:SIMS) {
  y <- sort(rnorm(nn))
  y <- y[(1+r1):(nn-r2)]  # Delete r1 smallest and r2 largest
  fit <- vglm(y ~ 1, double.cens.normal(r1 = r1, r2 = r2))
  mu.save[sim] <- predict(fit)[1, 1]
  sd.save[sim] <- exp(predict(fit)[1, 2])  # Assumes a log link & ~ 1
}
c(mean(mu.save), mean(sd.save))  # Should be c(0,1)
c(sd(mu.save), sd(sd.save))


# Data from Sarhan & Greenberg (1962); MLEs are mu=9.2606, sd=1.3754
strontium90 <- data.frame(y = c(8.2, 8.4, 9.1, 9.8, 9.9))
fit <- vglm(y ~ 1, double.cens.normal(r1 = 2, r2 = 3, isd = 6),
            data = strontium90, trace = TRUE)
coef(fit, matrix = TRUE)
Coef(fit)