A simple test for detecting non-linear t
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A. H. El-Shaarawi; Stefan P. Niculescu
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A test statistic for detecting the presence of a non-linear trend in a sequence of independent observations is proposed. The test is useful for determining when the use of the non-parametric slope estimator as a summary of the trend is appropriate. The asymptotic normality of the test is established