Use of binomial group testing in tests of hypotheses for classification or quantitative covariables

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 204-212

  Hung, Ming Chin ^a   Swallow, William H ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic relative efficiency; Binary data; HIV 1; Hypothesis testing

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; BINARY DATA; BLOOD SAMPLES; COVARIABLES; GROUP TESTING; HIV-1; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SMALL SAMPLES; TEST OF HYPOTHESIS; TEST UNIT;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0034020941     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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