@misc{10481/79104, year = {2022}, month = {10}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/79104}, abstract = {We use the functional data methodology to examine whether there are significant differences between two waves of contagion by COVID-19 in Colombia between 7 July 2020 and 20 July 2021. A pointwise functional t-test is initially used, then an alternative statistical test proposal for paired samples is presented, which has a theoretical distribution and performs well in small samples. Our statistical test generates a scalar p-value, which provides a global idea about the significance of the positivity curves, complementing the existing punctual tests, as an advantage.}, organization = {Government of Andalusia (Spain) PID2020-113961GB-I00}, organization = {Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN) Spanish Government}, organization = {European Commission CEX2020-001105-M/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.}, organization = {Junta de Andalucia}, publisher = {MDPI}, keywords = {COVID-19}, keywords = {FDA}, keywords = {Hypothesis testing for paired functional data}, keywords = {Colombian national strike}, title = {Comparison of Positivity in Two EpidemicWaves of COVID-19 in Colombia with FDA}, doi = {10.3390/stats5040059}, author = {Urbano León, Cristhian Leonardo and Escabias Machuca, Manuel}, }