Choice of test for association in small sample unordered r × c tables

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4328-4343

  Lydersen, Stian ^a   Pradhan, V ^b   Senchaudhuri, P ^b   Laake, P ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Cytel Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exact tests; Fisher Freeman Halton's test; Mid p; Pearsons's chi squared test; Small sample; Unordered contingency tables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH STATISTICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POWER ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548778754     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2839     Document Type: Article

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