Comparison of maximum statistics for hypothesis testing when a nuisance parameter is present only under the alternative

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 254-258

  Zheng, Gang ^a   Chen, Zehua ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Maximum statistics; Robustness; Score test

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; EXTREME POINTS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAXIMUM STATISTIC; NUISANCE PARAMETER; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; ROBUSTNESS; SCORE TEST; TEST STATISTICS;

STATISTICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SIBLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 15044344961     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.030531.x     Document Type: Review

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