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Let x and y be two random variables with continuous cumulative distribution functions f and g. A statistic U depending on the relative ranks of the x's and y's is proposed for testing the hypothesis f ...

In 1959 A. Renyi proposed a set of axioms for a measure of dependence for pairs of random variables. In the same year A. Sklar introduced the general notion of a copula. This is a function which links ...