Bracewell, Paul J.2013-05-092013-05-092003Bracewell, P. (2003), A versatile heuristic test for independence, Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 4, 1-181175-2777http://hdl.handle.net/10179/4394A functionally independent heuristic test of independence is developed, explored and validated. Initially, a parametric method is described, before superior non-parametric methods that account for variations in skewness, kurtosis and sample size are obtained. This evolves into a multivariate procedure, which enables thte importance of input variables to be established.enHeuristic testData analysisArticle