Robustness to non-normality of various tests for the one-sample location problem

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-246

  McDougal, Michelle K ^a   Rayner, Glen D ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

G and k distribution; Power; Quantile function; Sign test; Size; t test; Wilcoxon's signed rank test

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449089734     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327612jamd0804_3     Document Type: Article

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