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Table 2 Skew-slash t and skew-slash normal comparison

From: The multivariate slash and skew-slash student t distributions

 

True

Estimated

True

Estimated

 

SSLT

SSLT

SSLN

SSLN

SSLT

SSLN

AIC

 

1524.939

1543.771

 

1416.485

1425.878

μ 1

0

-0.160

-0.467

0

-0.309

-0.690

μ 2

0

0.032

-0.225

0

0.025

-0.212

\(\sigma _{11}^{2}\)

1

0.827

0.809

1

0.587

0.651

σ 12

0

0.122

0.230

0

0.130

0.304

\(\sigma _{22}^{2}\)

1

1.154

1.527

1

1.019

1.314

λ 1

-5

-2.830

-1.581

-5

-1.989

-0.860

λ 2

3

1.688

1.422

3

1.363

1.127

q

5

6.383

4.553

5

6.697

5.151

r

8

7.610

  

7.506

 
  1. The comparison of the average AIC and MLE’s of the parameters between the skew-slash t and skew-slash normal based on sample size 250 and repetitions 200. SSLT=Skew-Slash t and SSLN=Skew-Slash Normal. A smaller AIC indicates a better fit.