Distribution-free tests of stochastic dominance for small samples

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-463

  Heathcote, Andrew ^a   Brown, Scott ^a   Wagenmakers, E J ^b   Eidels, Ami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Bootstrap methods; Semiparametric and non parametric methods; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956181602     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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