Versions of the sign test in the presence of ties

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1242-1251

  Coakley, Clint W ^a   Heise, Mark A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric procedure; Power; Randomized test; Size; Treatment of ties

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTICS; NONPARAMETRIC PROCEDURE; NONPARAMETRIC TESTS; NONPARAMETRICS; POWER; RANDOMIZED TESTS; SIGN TEST; SIZE; TREATMENT OF TIE; UNIFORMLY MOST POWERFUL TESTS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; GOLDFISH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030447915     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2532840     Document Type: Article

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