Testing for pairwise serial independence via the empirical distribution function

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

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 429-453

  Hong, Yongmiao ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Cram r von mises statistic; Empirical distribution function; Hypothesis testing; Serial independence; Weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000719966     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00134     Document Type: Article

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