Tests for a biased sex ratio when the data are clustered

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-304

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian sex ratio; Binomial test; Clustered binary data; Optimal weighting; Wilcoxon signed rank test

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; SEX RATIO; TESTING METHOD;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 4344670968     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EEST.0000038017.58293.c0     Document Type: Article

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