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A procedure for testing suspected observations

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The problem of multiple outliers detection in one-parameter exponential family is considered. The outlier detection procedure involves two estimates of scale parameter which are obtained by maximizing two log-likelihoods; the complete data log-likelihood and its conditional expectation given suspected observations. The procedure is also applied to the exponential and normal samples.

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    Nirpeksh Kumar

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Kumar, N. A procedure for testing suspected observations. Stat Papers 54, 471–478 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-012-0444-3

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