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Article: Use of the Sign Test for the Median in the Presence of Ties

TitleUse of the Sign Test for the Median in the Presence of Ties
Authors
KeywordsLikelihood ratio test
Paired samples
Power
Type I error
Issue Date2003
PublisherAmerican Statistical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.amstat.org/publications/tas/index.cfm?fuseaction=main
Citation
American Statistician, 2003, v. 57 n. 4, p. 237-240 How to Cite?
AbstractThe sign test was developed to examine the median difference of paired samples. Ignorance of ties - that is, zero differences - in the sign test can substantially inflate the Type I error rate. A uniformly most powerful test has been developed to test for the symmetry of the positive and negative differences but little attention has been given about inferences concerning the median difference when ties are abundant. This article examines a simple modified sign test which can be implemented in most computer packages and a likelihood ratio test.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87558
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.675
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dc.contributor.authorKwan, CWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, KFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, KSLen_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe sign test was developed to examine the median difference of paired samples. Ignorance of ties - that is, zero differences - in the sign test can substantially inflate the Type I error rate. A uniformly most powerful test has been developed to test for the symmetry of the positive and negative differences but little attention has been given about inferences concerning the median difference when ties are abundant. This article examines a simple modified sign test which can be implemented in most computer packages and a likelihood ratio test.en_HK
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dc.subjectLikelihood ratio testen_HK
dc.subjectPaired samplesen_HK
dc.subjectPoweren_HK
dc.subjectType I erroren_HK
dc.titleUse of the Sign Test for the Median in the Presence of Tiesen_HK
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