Testing general hypotheses under binomial sampling: The two sample case - Asymptotic theory and exact procedures

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 723-739

  Munk, A ^a   Skipka, G ^a   Stratmann, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equivalence testing; Exact test; Non inferiority; Order restricted inference; Ordered alternatives; Restricted maximum likelihood; Shifted null hypothesis; Superiority; Unconditional test

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY THEORY;

EQUIVALENCE TESTING; EXACT TESTS; NON-INFERIORITY; ORDER-RESTRICTED INFERENCE; ORDERED ALTERNATIVES; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SHIFT NULL HYPOTHESIS; SUPERIORITY; UNCONDITIONAL TESTS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 18744371014     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.05.035     Document Type: Article

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