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Biometrika 1987 74(3):664-666; doi:10.1093/biomet/74.3.664
© 1987 by Biometrika Trust
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MISCELLANEA

Competitors of the Kendall-tau test for testing independence against positive quadrant dependence

SUBHASH C. KOCHAR and R. P. GUPTA

Department of Statistics, Panjab University Chandigarh 160014, India
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5

A class of distribution-free tests has been proposed for testing independence against positive quadrant dependence. The Kendall-tau test belongs to this class and the newly proposed tests are seen to be quite efficient.

Key Words: Asymptotic relative efficiency • U-statistic


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