Statistical tests of fit in estimation problems for structured population modeling
Ben G Fitzpatrick · Quarterly of Applied Mathematics · 1995
We present a statistical model of the type of data used in many applications of least squares estimation techniques to structured population problems. By viewing the data as a random sample from the size density, we may apply various statistical goodness of fit tests assess dynamic models for the data. We examine in particular classical χ 2 {\chi ^2} tests and a Cramér-von Mises test, based on empirical probability distributions.