Robust tests for spherical symmetry

DOI10.1214/aos/1176343755zbMath0361.62033OpenAlexW2048402126MaRDI QIDQ1239561

Morris L. Eaton, Takeaki Kariya

Publication date: 1977

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176343755

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Nonparametric robustness (62G35) Asymptotic properties of parametric tests (62F05)

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