The binning analysis - Towards a better significance test

CELESTIAL BODIES; COSMOLOGY; SIGNIFICANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL TESTS; GALAXIES; QUASARS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RED SHIFT; UNIVERSE; VARIANCE

Abstract :

[en] The authors demonstrate that the problems encountered with the binning analysis essentially lie in the significance test which is used. They review and analyse most of the existing significance tests and show that the use of those based on randomization processes considerably improves the situation. For the one-dimensional binning analysis, they apply the '2 within 4' randomization test whereas for the two- and the three-dimensional binning analyses they introduce two innovations: the '4 within 16' randomization test and the '8 within 64' randomization test, respectively.

Disciplines :

Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

Author, co-author :

Gosset, Eric ; Liege, Universite, Cointe-Ougree, Belgium

Louis, Benoit; Liege, Universite, Cointe-Ougree, Belgium

Language :

English

Title :

The binning analysis - Towards a better significance test

Publication date :

01 March 1986

Journal title :

Astrophysics and Space Science

ISSN :

0004-640X

eISSN :

1572-946X

Publisher :

Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, Netherlands

Volume :

120

Pages :

263-306

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986Ap%26SS.120..263G

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