Permutation Tests for Multivariate Location Problems

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-192

  Neuhaus, Georg ^a   Zhu, Li Xing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Empirical process; Multivariate location; Permutation test; Sign test; Validity of test; Wilcoxon type test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346969646     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1998.1808     Document Type: Article

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