Evaluation of Noether's method of sample size determination for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 823-829

  Vollandt, Rüdiger ^a   Horn, Manfred ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large sample solution; Mann Whitney statistic; Power; Sample size formula

Indexed keywords

LARGE-SAMPLE SOLUTION; MANN-WHITNEY; MANN-WHITNEY STATISTICS; NOETHER METHOD; NULL HYPOTHESIS; POWER; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE FORMULA; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLE SOLUTION;

EID: 0039918134     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710390709     Document Type: Article

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