The nonparametric Behrens-Fisher problem: Asymptotic theory and a small-sample approximation

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Brunner, Edgar ^a   Munzel, Ullrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heteroscedastic Model; Ordered Categorical Data; Rank Test; Satterthwaite Smith Welch Approximation; Ties

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

BEHRENS FISHER PROBLEMS; HETEROSCEDASTIC; HETEROSCEDASTIC MODEL; NONPARAMETRICS; ORDERED CATEGORICAL DATA; RANK TEST; SATTERTHWAITE-SMITH-WELCH APPROXIMATION; SMALL SAMPLES; TIE; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034393195     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(200001)42:1<17::AID-BIMJ17>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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