 Influence function of a trimmed mean (source code)

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= Influence function of a trimmed mean

At a differentiable distribution symmetric about zero, put $k=-F^{-1}(\alpha)$. The influence function of the $\alpha$-trimmed mean is
$$
\operatorname{IF}(x;T,F)
=\frac{\max(-k,\min(x,k))}{1-2\alpha}.
$$

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