statsmodels.robust.norms.TukeyBiweight.rho

TukeyBiweight.rho(z)

The robust criterion function for Tukey’s biweight estimator

Parameters:

z (array_like) – 1d array

Returns:

rho – rho(z) = -(1 - (z/c)**2)**3 * c**2/6. for |z| <= R

rho(z) = 0 for |z| > R

Return type:

ndarray