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VOL. 7 | 2010 Measuring directional dependency
Chapter Author(s) Yadolah Dodge, Iraj Yadegari
Editor(s) J. Antoch, M. Hušková, P.K. Sen
Inst. Math. Stat. (IMS) Collect., 2010: 62-69 (2010) DOI: 10.1214/10-IMSCOLL706

Abstract

In this article we propose new methods for finding the direction of dependency between two random variables which are related by a linear function.

Information

Published: 1 January 2010
First available in Project Euclid: 29 November 2010

MathSciNet: MR2808366

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/10-IMSCOLL706

Subjects:
Primary: 62J05
Secondary: 62M10

Keywords: asymptotic interpretation of the correlation coefficient , causality , correlation coefficient , kurtosis coefficient , Linear regression , response variable coefficient of variation , skewness coefficient

Rights: Copyright © 2010, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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