Small-sample one-sided testing in extreme value regression models

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-97

  Ferrari, Silvia L P ^a   Pinheiro, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extreme value regression; Gumbel distribution; Nonlinear models; Signed likelihood ratio test; Small sample adjustments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955656977     PISSN: 18638171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10182-015-0251-y     Document Type: Article

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