Nonparametric validation of similar distributions and assessment of goodness of fit

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 223-241

  Munk, Axel ^a   Czado, Claudia ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinically relevant difference; Equivalence testing; Mallows distance; Model validation; p value curve; Population equivalence; Testing goodness of fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000062208     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00121     Document Type: Article

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