Methods of reducing loss of efficiency due to discreteness of distributions

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-36

  Cohen, Arthur ^a   Sackrowitz, H B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTINGENCY TABLE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HYPOTHESIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037280338     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280203sm315ra     Document Type: Review

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