ISSN:
1860-0980
Keywords:
robustness
;
Gini's mean difference
;
jackknifing
;
U-statistics
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Psychology
Notes:
Abstract A recent paper by Wainer and Thissen has renewed the interest in Gini's mean difference,G, by pointing out its robust characteristics. This note presents distribution-free asymptotic confidence intervals for its population value,γ, in the one sample case and for the difference Δ=(γ 1−γ 2) in the two sample situations. Both procedures are based on a technique of jackknifingU-statistics developed by Arvesen.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02293912
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