Robust Sports Ratings Based on Least Absolute Errors

American Statistician

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Bassett, Gilbert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Least absolute value; Median; Ratings; Robust estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031483451     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1997.10473938     Document Type: Article

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