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Asymptotics for the maximum of half-normal plots. (English) Zbl 0867.62006

Summary: We study approximations to the distribution of the largest Walsh-Fourier coefficient obtained by transforming i.i.d. observations from a non-normal parent distribution. The study is inspired by the use of half-normal plots in screening studies and in the analysis of molecular sequence data. In the latter context, we indicate why continuity corrections are needed.

MSC:

62E20 Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics
60G70 Extreme value theory; extremal stochastic processes
62K15 Factorial statistical designs
62E17 Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic)
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