A simple test of symmetry about an unknown median

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-361

  Cabilio, Paul ^a   Masaro, Joe ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Deviations from sample median; Monte carlo study; Robustness of significance level; Skewness; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030304209     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315744     Document Type: Article

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