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A Non‐Parametric Test for Hertzian Fracture Data
Author(s) -
Bather J. A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2346568
Subject(s) - fracture (geology) , parametric statistics , test (biology) , materials science , computer science , mathematics , geology , statistics , composite material , paleontology
Summary This paper describes a model constructed recently for investigating the distribution of fortuitous flaws on the surface of glass. The author was involved as a casual labourer in the construction process, not as architect, but found that a statistical hypothesis implicit in the model deserved special attention. The origin of the hypothesis, as well as its treatment, is of some statistical interest since it lies in a rather indirect search procedure for the random points of a Poisson process.