Rank statistics expressible as integrals under P-P-plots and receiver operating characteristic curves

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-382

  Girling, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

P P plot; Partial areas; Rank statistics; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Trimming; Type II censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034365804     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00237     Document Type: Article

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