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Some statistical inferences regarding population diversity in terms of the hypoentropy measure

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We consider a measure of the diversity of a population based on the λ-measure of hypoentropy introduced by Ferreri (1980). Our purpose is to study its asymptotic distribution for testing hypotheses. A numerical example based on real data is given.

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  1. Departamento de Estadística e I.O. Facultad de Matemáticas, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, (Spain)

    Morales D., Taneja I. J. & Pardo L.

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This work was partially supported by the Dirección General de Investigación Cientifica y Técnica (DGICYT) under the contract PS89-0019.

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Morales, D., Taneja, I.J. & Pardo, L. Some statistical inferences regarding population diversity in terms of the hypoentropy measure. TDE 6, 55–65 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873523

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