A permutation test for quantile regression

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-126

  Cade, Brian S ^a   Richards, Jon D ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Habitat relationships; Limiting factors; Linear models; Permutation tests; Quantile regression; Rank score tests

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII HENSHAWI; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33646068360     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571106X96835     Document Type: Article

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