Teaching rank-based tests by emphasizing structural similarities to corresponding parametric tests

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Derryberry, DeWayne R ^a   Schou, Sue ^b   Conove, W J ^c  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Information Systems   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothesis test; Nonparametric test; Outliers; Pedagogy; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955493236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2010.11889471     Document Type: Article

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