An affine-invariant multivariate sign test for cluster correlated data

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-455

  Larocque, Denis ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affine invariance; Clustered observations; Intraclass correlation; Multivariate location problem; One way random effects; Spatial sign test

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642377253     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315855     Document Type: Article

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