Round your numbers in rank tests: Exact and asymptotic inference and ties

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-303

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of ranks; Exact tests; Mann Whitney U test; Non parametric; Paired data; Wilcoxon rank sum test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; PARAMETERIZATION; RANKING; STORAGE;

EID: 77950525742     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0843-1     Document Type: Article

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