Use of the sign test for the median in the presence of ties

American Statistician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Fong, Daniel Y T ^a   Kwan, C W ^a   Lam, K F ^b   Lam, Karen S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Paired samples; Power; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242458479     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/0003130032422     Document Type: Article

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