ON ROBUST PROCEDURES.

Abstract

The author discusses some robust rank tests for the two sample shift problem and a robust simple estimator for the location parameter of symmetric unimodal distributions. For a set F of density functions a maximum rank test is one which maximizes the minimum limiting Pitman efficiency relative to the best possible test for each member of F. The main theorem gives conditions for a maximun rank test to exist. The relationship of the present paper to the work of Birnbaum and Laska, Hodges and Lehman, and P. Huber is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0630888

Entities

People

  • Joseph L. Gastwirth

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Efficiency
  • Estimators
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.