Nonparametric tests for scale and location

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-154

  Compagnone, Daniele ^a   Denker, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linear rank statistic; Pitman efficiency; Two sample problem for location scale models; U statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040172691     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485259608832695     Document Type: Article

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