Restriction of range and correlation in outlier-prone distributions

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-280

  Zimmerman, Donald W ^a   Williams, Richard H ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated normal distribution; Correlation; Detection and downweighting of outliers; Ex Gaussian distribution; Exponential distribution; Lognormal distribution; Mixed normal distribution; Outlier prone; Outliers; Restriction of range

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336382     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466210022031741     Document Type: Article

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