The Annals of Statistics

A Note on the Edgeworth Expansion for the Kendall Rank Correlation Coefficient

W. Albers
Source: Ann. Statist. Volume 6, Number 4 (1978), 923-925.

Abstract

In this note it is shown how to some extent the Edgeworth expansion for the distribution function of Kendall's $\tau$ can be established by using a well-known general result on such expansions.

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Primary Subjects: 62G10
Secondary Subjects: 62G20
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Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet): MR494667
Zentralblatt MATH identifier: 0378.62045


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