A note on consistency of non-parametric rank tests and related rank transformations

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-144

  Zimmerman, Donald W ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84855736063     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2011.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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