Hypothesis test for paired samples in the presence of missing data

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-87

  Martínez Camblor, Pablo ^a,b   Corral, Norberto ^b   María de la Hera, Jesus ^c  

^a Oficina de Investigación Biosanitaria OIB de Asturias and Universidad Autonoma de Chile   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

bootstrap method; missing data; paired samples; t test; Welch correction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870927720     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2012.734795     Document Type: Article

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