On Sample Size of the Kruskal-Wallis Test with Application to a Mouse Peritoneal Cavity Study

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-224

  Fan, Chunpeng ^a   Zhang, Donghui ^a   Zhang, Cun Hui ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kruskal Wallis test; Location shift alternatives; Power; Sample size

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SAMPLING;

GENERALISATION; KRUSKAL-WALLIS TESTS; LOCATION SHIFT ALTERNATIVE; LOCATION SHIFTS; NONPARAMETRICS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POWER; POWER AND SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLE SIZES; SIZE CALCULATIONS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952615170     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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