A data-adaptive methodology for finding an optimal weighted generalized Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon statistic

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4337-4353

  John, Majnu ^a   Priebe, Carey E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic power; Mann Whitney Wilcoxon; Nonparametric tests; Pitman asymptotic efficacy; Two sample problem

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

ASYMPTOTIC POWER; NONPARAMETRIC TESTS; PITMAN ASYMPTOTIC EFFICACY; TWO SAMPLE PROBLEMS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 34147167119     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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