Beyond Q-Q plots: some new graphical tools for the assessment of distributional assumptions and the tail behavior of the data

DOI10.1080/15598608.2017.1299057zbMATH Open1425.62005OpenAlexW2591684591MaRDI QIDQ2321795FDOQ2321795

Valmira Hoxhaj, Ravindra Khattree

Publication date: 23 August 2019

Published in: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2017.1299057

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zbMATH Keywords

tail behaviorarc lengthgeometric curvatureAndrews plotarea of surface of revolutiongraphical testingKhattree-Naik curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Graphical methods in statistics (62A09)

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• Assciation in contingency tables, correspondence analysis and (modified) Andrews plots
• Andrews plots for multivariate data: Some new suggestions and applications

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