An 'exact' two-group median test with an extension to censored data

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Hutson, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Order statistics; Permutation test; Randomization test; Resampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547812489     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250701464657     Document Type: Article

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