Comparison of Positivity in Two Epidemic Waves of COVID-19 in Colombia with FDA
Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Academic Editor: Wei Zhu
Stats 2022, 5(4), 993-1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/stats5040059
Received: 2 October 2022
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Revised: 22 October 2022
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Accepted: 24 October 2022
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Published: 28 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Applied Stochastic Models)
We use the functional data methodology to examine whether there are significant differences between two waves of contagion by COVID-19 in Colombia between 7 July 2020 and 20 July 2021. A pointwise functional t-test is initially used, then an alternative statistical test proposal for paired samples is presented, which has a theoretical distribution and performs well in small samples. Our statistical test generates a scalar p-value, which provides a global idea about the significance of the positivity curves, complementing the existing punctual tests, as an advantage.
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Urbano-Leon, C.L.; Escabias, M. Comparison of Positivity in Two Epidemic Waves of COVID-19 in Colombia with FDA. Stats 2022, 5, 993-1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/stats5040059
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Urbano-Leon CL, Escabias M. Comparison of Positivity in Two Epidemic Waves of COVID-19 in Colombia with FDA. Stats. 2022; 5(4):993-1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/stats5040059
Chicago/Turabian StyleUrbano-Leon, Cristhian Leonardo, and Manuel Escabias. 2022. "Comparison of Positivity in Two Epidemic Waves of COVID-19 in Colombia with FDA" Stats 5, no. 4: 993-1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/stats5040059
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