The intermediates take it all: Asymptotics of higher criticism statistics and a powerful alternative based on equal local levels

DOI10.1002/bimj.201300255zbMath1309.62082OpenAlexW1808185871WikidataQ42665101 ScholiaQ42665101MaRDI QIDQ2938313

Sandra Landwehr, Veronika Gontscharuk, Helmut Finner

Publication date: 14 January 2015

Published in: Biometrical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.201300255

zbMATH Keywords

order statisticsgoodness of fit testhigher criticismlocal levelsnormal and Poisson approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Order statistics; empirical distribution functions (62G30)

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