Message-ID: <55C9386A.4050509@auckland.ac.nz>
Date: 2015-08-10T23:48:58Z
From: Rolf Turner
Subject: Is there a R function for the nonparametric Walsh Test?
In-Reply-To: <0A977721602DFC40B5D7608CD47E987E5304BD7B@DAGOBAH.oit.nova.edu>
On 11/08/15 11:26, Dr. Thomas W. MacFarland wrote:
> Everyone:
>
> I am currently trying to reproduce the nonparametric Walsh Test, as
> presented in Siegel (1956, pp. 83-87), and unfortunately I cannot
> find a R function for this test.
>
> I would certainly appreciate any pointers for the Walsh Test using R,
> or perhaps a reasonable substitute if there is simply no
> package::function that specifically addresses this test.
I don't know of any extant function to effect the Walsh Test, but having
had a look at the recipe given in
http://www.statistics4u.com/fundstat_eng/ee_walsh_outliertest.html
I would say that anyone with even a modest knowledge of R could write
such a function in under 5 minutes.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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