The bias of linear rank tests when testing for stochastic order in ordered categorical data

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 237-247

  Berger, Vance W ^a   Ivanova, Anastasia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency table; Envelope power function; Exact conditional test; Linear rank test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036743666     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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