Exemplary data set sample size calculation for Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Divine, George ^a   Kapke, Alissa ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Joseph, Christine L M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exemplary data set method; Power; Sample size; Wilcoxon rank sum test; Wilcoxon Mann Whitney

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANK SUM TEST; RETINOPATHY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 74849113558     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3770     Document Type: Article

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