Fuzzy statistics: hypothesis testing

  • Authors:
  • James J. Buckley

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Mathematics, AL, 35294, Birmingham, USA

  • Venue:
  • Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Our method of estimation of parameters in statistics uses a set of confidence intervals producing a triangular shaped fuzzy number for the estimator. Using this fuzzy estimator in hypothesis testing produces a fuzzy test statistic and fuzzy critical values in fuzzy hypothesis testing. We show how these fuzzy sets may be used to derive the usual conclusion of: (1) reject the null hypothesis, or (2) do not reject the null hypothesis.