Comparing the powers of the Wald-Wolfowitz and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 665-675

  Magel, Rhonda C ^a   Wibowo, Sasmito H ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Difference in variance and location; Nonparametric; Two sample tests

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE IN VARIANCE AND LOCATION; KOLMOGOROV; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; MEAN VARIANCE; NONPARAMETRICS; POWER; SAMPLE SIZES; TWO-SAMPLE TESTS; WALD-WOLFOWITZ TEST;

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EID: 0031329571     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710390605     Document Type: Article

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