A class of optimal tests for symmetry based on local Edgeworth approximations

DOI10.3150/10-BEJ298zbMath1221.62068arXiv1108.2171OpenAlexW3102979588MaRDI QIDQ638770

Davy Paindaveine, Delphine Cassart, Marc Hallin

Publication date: 14 September 2011

Published in: Bernoulli (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2171

zbMATH Keywords

local asymptotic normalitylocally asymptotically most powerful testsskewed densities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17) Asymptotic properties of parametric tests (62F05)

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