List of tests

Typically credit risk tests are specific to the model type and forecast period (typically 1-year vs multiyear period). The table below provides a simplified overview of all test that are part of this package. If you feel that some commonly used test is missing, please see section Contributing on how it can be added to the package.

For detailed information, see documentation of each test in Individual tests > Documentation.

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Name

Area

Model types

1

Accuracy Ratio

Discrimination

PD

2

Bayesian error rate

Discrimination

PD

3

Binomial test

Calibration

PD

4

Brier score

Discrimination

PD

5

Bucket test

Predictive power

LGD

6

Hoshmer-Lemeshow test

Calibration

PD

7

Coefficient of concordance

Discrimination

PD

8

Concentration of rating grades

Concentration

PD

9

Conditional Information Entropy Ratio

Discrimination

PD

10

Cumulative LGD accuracy ratio

Discrimination

LGD

11

ELBE back-test using t-test

Discrimination

LGD

12

Herfhindahl index

Concentration

PD, LGD, CCF

13

Information value

Discrimination

PD

14

Jeffrey’s test

Discrimination

PD

15

Kendall tau

Discrimination

PD

16

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Discrimination

PD

17

Kullback-Leibler distance

Discrimination

PD

18

Loss Capture Ratio

Discrimination

LGD

19

Loss Shortfall

Predictive power

LGD

20

Mean Absolute Deviation

Predictive power

LGD, CCF

21

Migration matrices test

Discrimination

PD

22

Normal test

Calibration

PD

23

Population Stability Index

Stability

PD, LGD, CCF

24

Receiver Operating Characteristic

Discrimination

PD

25

Redelmeier test

Calibration

PD

26

Somers D

Discrimination

PD

27

Spearman rank correlation

Discrimination

LGD

28

Spiegehalter test

Calibration

PD

29

Stability of transition matrices

Stability

PD

30

The Pietra Index

Discrimination

PD

31

Traffic lights approach

Calibration

PD

32

Transition matrix test

Predictive power

LGD