Order-restricted inference for monotone trend alternatives in contingency tables

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-155

  Agresti, Alan ^a   Coull, Brent A ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact test; Logit models; Marginal homogeneity; Odds ratios; Ordinal variables; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONTINGENCY TABLES; ORDER-RESTRICTED INFERENCE;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032493580     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(98)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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