R-symmetry and the power functions of the tests for inverse gaussian means

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2178-2186

  Mudholkar, Govind S ^a   Wang, Hongyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IG symmetry; Monotone power function; Reciprocal symmetry; Unimodal distribution

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; F DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN THEORY; IG-SYMMETRY; INFERENCE METHODS; INVERSE GAUSSIAN; MONOTONE POWER FUNCTION; MONOTONICITY; POWER FUNCTIONS; RECIPROCAL SYMMETRY; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; SKEWED DATA; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 70449553306     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920802499496     Document Type: Article

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