Gini's Mean difference: A superior measure of variability for non-normal distributions

Metron

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-316

  Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Correlation; Gini Mean Difference; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744725160     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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