New nonparametric method for variance estimation and confidence interval construction for Spearman's rank correlation

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-241

  Borkowf, Craig B ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EMPIRICAL BIVARIATE QUANTILE-PARTITIONED (EBQP) DISTRIBUTION; NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATIONS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 0034726205     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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