Rank transformations as a bridge between parametric and nonparametric statistics

American Statistician

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 124-128

  Conover, W J ^a   Iman, Ronald L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Experimental designs; Nonparametric; Rank transformation; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944661914     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1981.10479327     Document Type: Article

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