Nonparametric analysis of ordered categorical data in designs with longitudinal observations and small sample sizes

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 663-675

  Brunner, Edgar ^b   Langer, Frank ^a  

^a LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Nonparametric hypotheses; Rank tests; Relative treatment effects

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS; NONPARAMETRICS; ORDERED CATEGORICAL DATA; RANK TEST; RELATIVE TREATMENT EFFECT; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034367205     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200010)42:6<663::AID-BIMJ663>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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