Pivotal Bootstrap methods for k-sample problems in directional statistics and shape analysis

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 478, 2007, Pages 695-707

  Amaral, G J A ^a   Dryden, I L ^b   Wood, Andrew T A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap hypothesis testing; Mean direction; Mean polar axis; Mean shape; Permutation test; Preshape

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250719945     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000001400     Document Type: Article

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