Goodness-of-fit tests based on sample space partitions: a unifying overview

Recently the authors have proposed tests for the one-sample and the k- sample problem, and a test for independence. All three tests are based on sample space partitions, but they were originally developed in dieren t papers. Here we give an overview of the construction of these tests, stressing the common underlying concept of \sample space partitions."

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