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Document Details : Title: Credibility, Hypothesis Testing and Regression Software Author(s): TAYLOR, Greg Journal: ASTIN Bulletin Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Date: 2007 Pages: 517-535 DOI: 10.2143/AST.37.2.2024078 Abstract : It has been known since Zehnwirth (1977) that a scalar credibility coefficient is closely related to the F-statistic of an analysis of variance between and within risk clauses. The F-statistic may also be viewed as testing a certain regression structure, associated with credibility framework, against the null hypothesis of a simpler structure. This viewpoint is extended to multi-dimensional credibility frameworks in which the credibility coefficient is a matrix (Sections 3 and 4), and to hierarchical regression credibility frameworks (Section 6). In each case the credibility coefficient is expressed in terms of the F-statistic that tests the significance of a defined regression structure against a simpler one. Section 5 points out how the computation may be implemented in certain cases by means of regression software. |
