Evaluation of Toxicological Studies Using a Nonparametric Shirley-Type Trend Test for Comparing Several Dose Levels with a Control Group

Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-27

  Konietschke, Frank ^a   Hothorn, Ludwig A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric test; Shirley test; Simultaneous confidence intervals; Trend test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865057937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19466315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19466315.2011.633861     Document Type: Article

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