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Peer reviewedWilcox, Rand R. – Psychometrika, 1992
A method of comparing one-step M-estimates of location for heavy tailed distributions is proposed and investigated. Simulations indicate that the new procedure provides good control over Type I errors and has more power than do some other methods for dealing with heavy tailed distributions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Experimental Groups, Mathematical Models
