<div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:150%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Prezados,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p style="line-height:150%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Temos o prazer de convidar a
todos para participação no sexto seminário do “Ciclo de Seminários 2020 do
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estatística da UFRGS (PPGEst-UFRGS).  Informações abaixo: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Evento:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> Ciclo de Seminários 2020 do PPGEst-UFRGS  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Palestrante: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Prof. Dr. Francisco Cribari </span>(UFPE)<b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Título:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">
</span>Improved testing inferences for beta regressions with parametric mean
link function<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Resumo:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">
</span>Beta regressions are widely used for modeling random variables that
assume values in the standard unit interval, (0,1), such as rates, proportions,
and income concentration indices. Parameter estimation is typically performed
via maximum likelihood and hypothesis testing inferences on the model
parameters are commonly performed using the likelihood ratio test. Such a test,
however, may deliver inaccurate inferences when the sample size is small. It is
thus important to develop alternative testing procedures that are more accurate
when the sample contains only few observations. In this paper, we introduce the
beta regression model with parametric mean link function and derive two
modified likelihood ratio test statistics for that class of models. We provide
simulation evidence that shows that the new tests usually outperform the
standard likelihood ratio test in samples of small to moderate sizes. We also
present and discuss two empirical applications.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Data: 03 de agosto de 2020 (segunda-feira)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Horário: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">14h00
às 15:20 (1 hora de apresentação e 20 min para perguntas)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Local:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Ambiente virtual Mconf<b>  </b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">(Acesso pelo link <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><a href="https://mconf.ufrgs.br/webconf/00040710" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://mconf.ufrgs.br/webconf/00040710</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Moderador:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> Prof. Dr. Fábio Mariano Bayer</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">OBS 1:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">
Após o acesso pelo link acima a participação na reunião será autorizada pelo
moderador por ordem de acesso. O sistema permite um limite de 60
participantes.  Os participantes externos
à UFRGS deverão acessar a reunião através da opção “convidados”.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">OBS 2:  </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">A agenda de seminários pode ser
acessada em<b>  </b></span><a href="https://www.ufrgs.br/ppgest/seminarios/" style="color:blue">https://www.ufrgs.br/ppgest/seminarios/</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">OBS 3:  </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Abaixo os links para acessar as palestras anteriores autorizadas<b>:</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Seminário 1
(</span>Profa. Dra. Taiane Schaedler Prass, UFRGS)<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Link:  </span><a href="https://youtu.be/_-DGDNepTno" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:rgb(244,244,244)">https://youtu.be/_-DGDNepTno</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Seminário 3
(</span>Prof. Dr. Marcelo Bourguignon Pereira, UFRN)<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Link:  </span><a href="https://youtu.be/lYqEw_VZqV4" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:rgb(244,244,244)">https://youtu.be/lYqEw_VZqV4</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Seminário 4
(</span>Prof. Dr. Hedibert Freitas Lopes, Insper)<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Link:  </span><a href="https://youtu.be/8PYG89fD8jQ" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:rgb(244,244,244)">https://youtu.be/8PYG89fD8jQ</span></a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Seminário 5
(</span>Prof. Dr. Marcelo Fernandes, FGV)<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Link:  </span><a href="https://youtu.be/hzJu8D9qc2I" style="color:blue">https://youtu.be/hzJu8D9qc2I</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">Contamos com a presença de todos.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%">PPGEst-UFRGS</span></p>

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