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Biometrika 2001 88(1):143-165; doi:10.1093/biomet/88.1.143
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Biometrika Centenary: Nonparametrics

Peter Hall1

1 Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia e-mail: peter.hall{at}anu.edu.au

Contributions in Biometrika to nonparametric statistics are surveyed, with particular emphasis on more recent work.It is argued that even in the journal's very early years it had interests in smoothing methods for density estimation, and in techniques for nonparametric regression, in addition to its more obvious focus on ‘classical’ nonparametric statistics such as ranking methodsBiometrika's early involvement with permutation testing has links to its contemporary work on bootstrap methods. Emphases on different types of nonparametric statistics have evolved over time, however. A rapidly increasing proportion of the journal's pages is devoted to papers that include some use of nonparametric ideas or methods.

Key Words: Bandwidth; Bayesian methods; Bootstrap; Categorical data; Classification; Curve estimation; Density estimation; Discrimination; Empirical likelihood; Jackknife; Kernel methods; Local polynomial methods; Maximum penalised likelihood; Nonparametric likelihood; Nonparametric regression; Permutation test; Rank test; Resampling; Smoothing; Survival analysis; Wavelet methods


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