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The significance probability of the smirnov two-sample test

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This paper was written while the author was a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim memorial foundation, and a guest of Stockholms högskola. It is a pleasure to record appreciation for the courtesies extended to me by the högskola and its rector, Professor Harald Cramér.

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Hodges, J.L. The significance probability of the smirnov two-sample test. Ark. Mat. 3, 469–486 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589501

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