Tests and estimates of shape based on spatial signs and ranks

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-176

  Sirkia, Seijä ^a   Taskinen, Sara ^a   Oja, Hannu ^b   Tyler, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affine invariance; Pitman efficiency; Robustness; Spatial rank; Spatial sign; Spatial signed rank

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649112262     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250802495691     Document Type: Article

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