An exact adaptive test with superior design sensitivity in an observational study of treatments for ovarian cancer

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-105

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brown's test; Combined quantile averages; Design sensitivity; Noether's test; Observational study; Randomization inference; Sensitivity analysis; Wilcoxon's signed rank test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869398645     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AOAS508     Document Type: Article

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