A comparative study of some estimation methods for parameters and effects of outliers in simple regression model for research on small ruminants

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Cankaya, S ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kids; Least absolute deviation; Least squares; M estimation; Outliers; Theil method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOATS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 57349187878     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9151-4     Document Type: Article

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