statsmodels.robust.norms.TukeyBiweight.rho¶ TukeyBiweight.rho(z)[source]¶ The robust criterion function for Tukey’s biweight estimator Parameters:¶ zarray_like1d array Returns:¶ rhondarrayrho(z) = -(1 - (z/c)**2)**3 * c**2/6 + c**2/6 for |z| <= R rho(z) = 0 for |z| > R