Nonparametric analysis of clustered data in diagnostic trials: Estimation problems in small sample sizes

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 730-741

  Konietschke, Frank ^a   Brunner, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; NUMBER THEORY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVES; AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; CORRELATION STRUCTURES; ERROR LEVELS; ESTIMATION PROBLEMS; GOLD STANDARDS; NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSES; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; QUADRATIC FORMS; REAL DATUMS; REPEATED MEASURES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL SAMPLES; TEST STATISTICS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 56349160510     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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