A note on the Hodges-Lehmann estimator

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Rosenkranz, Gerd K ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Difference between medians; Hodges Lehmann estimator; Shift model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HODGES LEHMAN ESTIMATOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954638812     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.387     Document Type: Article

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