A test for partial correlation with censored astronomical data

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 919-924

  Akritas, M G ^a   Siebert, J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Methods: statistical; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; ASTRONOMICAL DATA; CENSORED DATA; GALAXIES ACTIVE; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PARTIAL CORRELATION; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SOFT X-RAY; X-RAY LUMINOSITY; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 0010394791     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/278.4.919     Document Type: Article

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