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In the present note we give short proofs of asymptotic theorems for the distributions of extreme and intermediate ordered distance random variables. Moreover, a quick goodness-of-fit test is proposed which is based on a single intermediate ordered distance random variable.
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Reiss, R.D. Approximations to the distributions of ordered distance random variables. Ann Inst Stat Math 37, 529–533 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481121
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481121