A conditionally distribution-free multivariate sign test for one-sided alternatives

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 466, 2004, Pages 499-509

  Larocque, Denis ^a   Labarre, Mélanie ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Dir du Mktg et des Communications   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditionally distribution free; Hodges test; One sided alternative; Positive orthant alternative; Random walk; Sign test; Union intersection

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942598435     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000000485     Document Type: Article

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