Rank regression: an alternative regression approach for data with outliers

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 310-316

  Chen, Tian ^a   Tang, Wan ^a   Lu, Ying ^b   Tu, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Non normal distribution; Normal distribution; Rank regression; Semi parametric regression models; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930478203     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.214148     Document Type: Article

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