Adaptive tests for umbrella alternatives

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 573-587

  Büning, Herbert ^a   Kössler, Wolfgang ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estimation of the peak; Hogg's measures of skewness and tailweight; Mack Wolfe type tests; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonnormality; Power comparison

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADAPTIVE TESTS; ESTIMATION OF THE PEAK; HOGG MEASURE OF SKEWNESS AND TAILWEIGHT; MACK-WOLFE-TYPE TEST; MANN-WHITNEY STATISTICS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; NON-NORMALITY; POWER COMPARISON; TYPE TESTS; UMBRELLA ALTERNATIVES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0040709339     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4036(199809)40:5<573::aid-bimj573>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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