In extreme-value analysis, a central topic is the adaptive estimation of the extreme-value index γ. Hitherto, most of the attention in this area has been devoted to the case γ > 0, that is, when F̄ is ...
This article examines the use of the probability-probability plot (p-p plot) as a method for comparing treatment effects. To begin in the context of three examples the p-p plot is contrasted with the ...