Table 3 Results of Nonnested Test
Nonnested test between selected models
Alternative Hypothesis |
Linear Model |
Log-Linear Model |
Linear Model |
— |
1.86178 |
Log-Linear Model |
____________7.7387**_________ |
— |
Note: **= the null hypothesis is rejected at a significance level of 1%.
Nonnested test between the linear selected model and minimum SBIC model (see Table 4)
Null Hypothesis
Alternative Hypothesis |
Linear Model |
Minimum SBIC Model |
Linear Model |
— |
1.77553 |
Minimum SBIC Model |
7.63997** |
— |
Note: **= the null hypothesis is rejected at a significance level of 1%.
Null Hypothesis
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