Non-null semi-parametric inference for the Mann-Whitney measure

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 743-755

  Brown, B M ^a   Newcombe, Robert G ^b   Zhao, Yudong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary respecting confidence interval; Extended logistic family; Generalised hyperbolic secant distribution; Location shift; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449365308     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250902999162     Document Type: Article

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