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Models and the use of signed rank tests
Author(s) -
Maritz J. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780040205
Subject(s) - wilcoxon signed rank test , rank (graph theory) , statistics , context (archaeology) , variance (accounting) , computer science , mathematics , econometrics , mann–whitney u test , combinatorics , paleontology , accounting , business , biology
Rank tests are often used to analyse medical and biological data. The lack of invariance of the paired sample Wilcoxon signed rank test with respect to transformation of observations, and the choice of an appropriate rank test in the case of the two way analysis of variance random effects model, are discussed in the context of two medical examples.