Resistant outlier rules and the non-Gaussian case

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-258

  Carling, Kenneth ^a  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Generalized lambda distribution; Kurtosis; Outside rate; Resistance; Skewness; Small sample bias

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED LAMBDA DISTRIBUTION; KURTOSIS; RESISTANT OUTLIER RULES;

DATA REDUCTION;

METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034117015     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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