Optimal Allocation Procedure in Ranked Set Two-sample Median Test

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-76

  Öztürk, Ömer ^a   Wolfe, Douglas A ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Information; Median test; Mode; Mood test; Nonparametric testing; Pitman efficiency; Unequal allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347748127     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250008832842     Document Type: Article

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