Robust Estimation of the Correlation Coefficient: An Attempt of Survey

Various groups of robust estimators of the correlation coefficient are introduced. The performance of most prospective estimators is examined at contaminated normal distributions both on small and large samples, and the best of the proposed robust estimators are revealed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Georgy Shevlyakov, Pavel Smirnov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Austrian Statistical Society 2016-02-01
Series:Austrian Journal of Statistics
Online Access:http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/206