Drawbacks to noninteger scoring for ordered categorical data

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 296-298

  Senn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete data; Fisher's exact test; Power; Randomization test; Trend test

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DATA; FISHER EXACT TEST; NONINTEGERS; ORDERED CATEGORICAL DATA; POWER; RANDOMIZATION TESTS; SIMPLE++; TREND TESTS;

BIOMETRICS;

DATA; TESTING METHOD;

RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREND STUDY;

EID: 34247205838     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00739_1.x     Document Type: Review

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