Testing for symmetric error distribution in nonparametric regression models

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 775-795

  Neumeyer, Natalie ^a,b   Dette, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical process of residuals; Non parametric regression; Testing for symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547500134     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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