A survey of robust statistics

Stephan Morgenthaler ()
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Stephan Morgenthaler: Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Statistical Methods & Applications, 2007, vol. 15, issue 3, No 2, 293 pages

Abstract: Abstract We argue that robust statistics has multiple goals, which are not always aligned. Robust thinking grew out of data analysis and the realisation that empirical evidence is at times supported merely by one or a few observations. The paper examines the outgrowth from this criticism of the statistical method over the last few decades.

Keywords: Robust Method; Outlier Detection; Robust Statistic; Breakdown Point; Tail Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10260-006-0034-4

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