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DISTRIBUTION-FREE TESTS BASED ON SUB-SAMPLE EXTREMA FOR TESTING AGAINST POSITIVE DEPENDENCE |
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| Authors: | Subhash C. Kochar R.P. Gupta |
| Affiliation: | Dept. Statistics &Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.;Dept. Mathematics, Statistics &Computing Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. B3H 3J5, Canada. |
| Abstract: | A class of distribution-free tests based on U-statistics has been proposed for testing the null hypothesis of independence against positive quadrant dependence. The tests are based on U-statistics and the Kendall's-tau test belongs to this class. |
| Keywords: | U-statistics asymptotic relative efficiency positive quadrant dependent |