Category:Robustness
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This category contains results about Robustness.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Robustness.
The robustness of a hypothesis test or estimation procedure is a measure of how much it is affected by departures from assumptions on which it is based.
If such a test or estimation procedure is affected just a little, then it is said to be robust.
Robustness to outliers is important in practice.