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ABSTRACT: Supplementary information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00362-021-01239-y.
SUBMITTER: Parkinson-Schwarz JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801415 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parkinson-Schwarz Judith H JH Bathke Arne C AC
Statistical papers (Berlin, Germany) 20210526 1
In this paper, we propose a new non-parametric test for equality of distributions. The test is based on the recently introduced measure of (niche) overlap and its rank-based estimator. As the estimator makes only one basic assumption on the underlying distribution, namely continuity, the test is universal applicable in contrast to many tests that are restricted to only specific scenarios. By construction, the new test is capable of detecting differences in location and scale. It thus complements ...[more]