Influence functions for the coefficient of variation, its inverse, and CV comparisons

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4139-4150

  Groeneveld, Richard A ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Influence functions; Signal to noise ratio; Variability measurement

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS; LONG TAIL; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMULATION STUDIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUBSIDENCE;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 84856299221     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2011.588361     Document Type: Article

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