Estimation of the power of the Kruskal-Wallis test

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 613-630

  Mahoney, Michelle ^a   Magel, Rhonda ^b  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric; Simulation study; Unknown distributions

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LOCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

EXACT POWER; KRUSKAL-WALLIS TESTS; LOCATION SHIFTS; NONPARAMETRICS; POWER; POWER CALCULATION; POWER ESTIMATION METHOD; SIMULATION STUDIES; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION; UNKNOWN DISTRIBUTION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030506094     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380510     Document Type: Article

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