The Analysis of Permutations

R. L. Plackett

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) · 1975 · 703 citations · 6 references

Concepts

TL;DR

A probability distribution over the r! permutations of r objects is defined, allowing up to r! − 1 parameters.

Abstract

SUMMARY A probability distribution is defined over the r! permutations of r objects in such a way as to incorporate up to r! -1 parameters. Problems of estimation and testing are considered. The results are applied to data on voting at elections and beanstores.

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