Testing for circular reflective symmetry about a known median axis

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 575-585

  Pewsey, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circular data; Hybrid testing strategy; Modified runs test; Skew alternates

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442897317     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760410001681828     Document Type: Article

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